Friday 12th September 2025
The Police Club, behind the wall on the left as you access the Central Car Park off Station Road, Warminster. I took the photo on Thursday 4th December 2014.
Back in the late 80s/early 90s I was often asked to play skittles for the Warminster Carnival Committee Skittles Team (yes they were that desperate to make up the numbers) and we sometimes played some matches at the Police Club. The Carnival Committee’s home alley for skittles at that time was at Warminster Town Football Club. Allen Williams was always the best player in the Carnival Committee Skittles team in those days. Jane Bright was very competitive too.
So, the Police Club had a skittle alley. There was a snooker table in there too and I vaguely remember a small bar (don’t think we had the use of the bar). There’s a satellite dish visible on the building in the photo, so I guess there was a television available in more recent years. The chimney on the building suggests there may have been some decent heating.
Of course, police men and women would have frequented the club back in the day.
I wonder what will happen to this building now the new Police Station is at the Avenue, and the old police station site has now been redeveloped as Old Station Yard (planned as 6 houses, 2 duplex and 24 apartments)?