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Recollections
1.
Val Turner
Esk, Queensland, Australia |
Thank you to Val Turner, formerly of Colinton, Edinburgh, and now
living in Queensland, Australia who wrote: |
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Pantomime
Cinderella
"I remember going to the
Christmas Pantomime at the King's Theatre with
my Mum and my sisters. I remember at the end,
when Cinderella married her Prince, she came out in a beautiful big
sparkling coach drawn with a live white horse, a scene I can never
forget!!" |
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Fish and Chips
"After the Pantomime, we'd go
next door to have a fantastic fish and chip supper. We'd slide into
the seats.
I remember the
the vinegar on the table and a plate of bread and butter. They
were the best chips ever!! I think it was 1s 9d but I can't be sure.
What a treat!!" |
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Val Turner, Esk, Queensland, Australia: January 4,
2008. |
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Recollections
2.
William Dutton
Colinton, Edinburgh
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Thank you to Lorraine Bruce for sending me the story
of her father's life, written by her father,
William Dutton.
Most of William's
recollections can be found on this page:
Royston.
The notes
below are his memories of watching the Pantomime and going to the theatre.
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Pantomime and Theatre
"I saw my first Pantomime
when I was about twelve, in the Theatre Royal, Leith Street. I
thought it was for children, not for mature boys like myself.
But the variety acts
impressed me, so much so, in fact that I couldn't wait until I had saved
enough money to go to the Kings and the Palladium.
It was the Gaiety Theatre
that hooked me for life I would learn all about the acts from
reading the critics in the papers.
I saw:
- Jack Radcliff,
comic
- Jack Milroy, comic
- Robert Wilson,
tenor
- Locke and O'Conner,
tenors
and all the big stars of
the 1950s and 1960s."
William Dutton, Colinton, Edinburgh.
Message received from Lorraine Bruce,
Dingwall, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland: September 7, 2010 |
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Recollections
3.
Matilda Martin
(nee
Tillie Kelly)
Coventry, Warwickshire,
England |
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The
Palladium has already been mentioned, in Edinburgh Clubs and Discos,
Recollections 31, after it had become The White Elephant in the 1960s.
Below,
Matilda Martin recalls The Palladium a decade earlier.
Matilda
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Palladium Theatre
"I worked in the
Palladium Theatre from 1955 till 1957.
That's where I met my husband, through
his father, Jay Morrell who produced many of the
six-week variety shows which travelled around
Scotland and Ireland.
In my
father-in-law's
time the shows only changed weekly.
I never remember them changing twice weekly."
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Matilda Martin (nee
Tillie Kelly), Coventry, Warwickshire,
England
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Recollections
4.
John Dickson
Royston, Edinburgh
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Thank you to John Dickson, Royston, Edinburgh for
sending me these programmes from the Gaiety Theatre at Kirkgate, Leith,
from the 1940s and 1950s.
I found both the details of the shows and the
adverts in the programmes to be interesting.
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Programme Covers
Here are programme covers dating from:
- September 1945
- February 1946
- November 1949
- August 1953
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I don't know which of these program covers refers to
each of these dates.
The Program for 1953 refers to the Festival Water
Show. Edinburgh Festival has been held annually from 1947 to
date, for three weeks each year, beginning mid-August. |
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1946
Programme
Here are the inner pages from the February 1946 Programme
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1953
Programme
Here are the inner pages from the August 1953
Programme.
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John Dickson, Royston, Edinburgh:
October 30, 2011 |
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