Carlton Cinema

On checking the cinema’s webiste again, the main screen (Premiere) is now back in operation.

The company who now owns the Carlton is Westgate Investment. I paid a visit to the cinema a few weeks back and it really is a lovely venue. I watched The Wolfman starring Anthony Hopkins in the intimate 32-seat Bijou Screen, which was added to the site along with the 56-seat Century Screen in 1998 by Reeltime Cinemas. The Carlton was that company’s first cinema, which was acquired by their Managing Director, Mike Vickers, in about 1977. I had a chat with the staff while I was there who told me that business is slowly starting to pick up again but one of the problems is a lot of people think that the Carlton is still closed but it is well and truly open and it deserves the public’s support.

Westgate’s Carlton Cinema has now been reopened under new management.

I am sad to report that Reeltime Cinemas Ltd has gone into administration and the future of the Carlton is now hanging in the balance. It could close down unless a buyer is found, let’s hope that somebody steps in to keep it open and save this historic cinema.