Where the theatre is now is where the carts used to turn in and wait for
the fleeces to be taken into the main building. If the fleeces got wet they
became very heavy to handle; therefore the hall part was covered so the
carts could wait in the dry. This part is now our theatre.

Used as a cinema in the First World War and then as the village hall until
the 1920s. Colonel Sneyd arrived in the village with a young wife who
was a keen amateur actress. As he owned the Woolstore building he
created a theatre for her in the hall where the wool carts used originally to
turn, putting in a stage and seating. He was a wealthy man and his
family and friends performed at the theatre eventually allowing another
group to use it with the Codford Amateurs. Each group performed a play
in rotation. As the Sneyds were great friends with the Head of Drama for
Bristol University and also someone teaching at RADA, it was a thriving
group.

During the Second World War it was used by the forces as an armed forces 
mess hall and by the American troops for R and R, who also used it as a dance
hall, with an occasional show.

Returned to the Sneyds in 1948 it reverted to being amateur theatre. In the
1950's it was decided that both groups would amalgamate and three
members paid £400 for the theatre to give to the newly formed Woolstore
Country Theatre. Their aim was to promote amateur theatre throughout
the Wylye Valley which they have continued to do ever since.