Tetbury

There was a cinema in the Cotswold town of
Tetbury from the early 1920s simply known as
the Cinema and run by Shaw Phillips. By 1930s
it was called the Palace and run by G Adams. It
is noted as having a very modest 16ft wide
proscenium and a dance hall attached, all of
which suggests this may have been housed in a
public hall building.

Whether a new building or a rebuild, the New
Palace appears in the 1930s run by A C Myhill
with 350 seats, Marshall sound and a
proscenium opening of 30ft. By the 1950s J L
Mott is running the New Palace and nothing
really changes until closure in the early 1960s.

The building was burnt down on the night of
21st-22nd April 1979. The subsequent
rebuilding includes a small shopping mall and
flats, the entrance hall of the cinema, still with its
distinct curved canopy is in use today as a
public convenience.