Article content The first moving pictures in Wingham were shown in the opera house in the late 1890s. Flickering images of Queen Victoriaâs Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and the Spanish American War in 1899 brought the magic of movies to enthralled area audiences. As the new mediumâs popularity grew, Wingham eagerly anticipated its own movie house. Sometime in 1908, William Britton, a local undertaker, opened the Wonderland picture house just north of the town hall on Josephine Street in the former Massey-Harris dealership building. It was known as the Wonderland until George Corbett bought the theatre in March 1909 and changed its name to the more classically named Lyceum. For 10 cents admission, Corbettâs Lyceum theatre not only showcased âfirst class filmsâ but live musical concerts. But like most early small town movie houses, they were stuffy, cramped and, without proper carbon lighting, the movie images were difficult to see.