Gang Show 1956

Production number 4

Week Commencing 10th December 1956

At The Royalty Theatre


Show Items 1956

First Half Second Half
It's Gang Show Time Out
Nearly Fifty Years Ago The Cheer-ups
Underworld Taking Their Places
Mister Brown And Miss Suzanne Happy Birthday
The Owls Christmas Scene
Looking Back Oldest Inhabitants
Cinema 1956 Chester Girls Choir
Auditions Aladdin And His Wonderful Lamp
Over The Sea The Pin-ups
Little Dears Finale
Close Of Day  

Programme Items

  • Message from Ralph Reader
  • A Town of Scouts Will Camp At Sutton Coldfield
  • SCOUTABOUT

The Gang 1956

The Gang contained 125 participants who were:

Bill AllmarkAllan VenablesJimmy Bottome
William GallagherJohn TrowTed Birkett
John JoslinLeonard TillsRoger Bennett
Hugh JonesRobert ThomsonLester Bennett
Peter JohnPaul ShelleyPeter Behan
Christopher JeromeBilly LloydJohn Barnes
Trevor JamesMichael RowlandsonRon Astle
Chris HoulbrookMichael RobertsGraham Ashley
Michael HollandEddie RobertsLen Davies
David HigginsFrancis RitterPeter Dawson
John HarrisonRonnie RimingtonJohn Nicholson
Howard GreenePeter RenardJohn Hurd
Norman GoughTerence PowellDavid Moss
John GoodeGraham PattersonGeoff Morris
Terence GallagherKen ParkinsonPeter McElhinney
Peter KnowlesRobert MunsonBrian Maxwell
Brian FarrellTony MorrisAdrian Massey
Mike WoodcockDavid MellorEric Manley
Peter WilliamsGeoffrey MasonIan Maloney
Tom WainwrightRay PrescottNorman Jones
Robin TaylorDavid PatersonBrian Jones
Geoff TaylorFreddy AnkersAlan Jones
Michael SummersDavid CapstickIan Jolly (CHECK)
Cyril SpilsburyJohn DaviesGraham Jackson
Trevor RumseyJames DaviesTony Hyde
Arthur RumseyIan DaviesTom Hughes
Jim RockeChris DaviesMichael Dentith
Donald RobinsonFred DarlingtonDavid Hinge
Peter RobertsColin CresswellGraham Hartley
Martin KnowlesJohn CrabbeGraham Hart
Tom LawrenceBob CouplandRoger Hammond
Les PhillipsAndrew CookDon Grieg
Bob ThomsonRoger CleggDavid Goodwin
Tony WindsorBob ChalonerRoy Fisher
Garry WilsonDavid CarterMartin Farmer
George WilliamsDonald CampbellMarsh Edwards
Keith WilliamsTony DaviesPeter Eaton
Geoffrey WilliamsDermot CampbellJohn Eaton
Lionel WhitchurchWinston BrownBrian Dunlea
John WattsLeslie BrooksDavid Dodd
Arthur WatsonKeith BrassingtonKeith Youd
Ken WaringDavid Braithwaite 

Behind the scenes 1956

Producer Leslie Brooks
Organiser Jom Rocke
Stage Manager John Harrison Assisted By Bob Thomson
Staff Eddie Argyl, Derek Ellison, Hedley Harrison, Ken Lumby, Horace Newton, Harry Shone And David Williamson. Settings By Bert Lomas Ltd, And Jillian Chesters, Eileen Mccabe, Elizabeth Morris, Fred Archer And Bruce Nicholson.
Property Manager Tom Hughes
Prompter Marjorie Jonas
Wardobe Mistress Ethel Faulkner
Costumes Violet Atherton, Patricia Atkinson, Winifred Barnes, Evaline Behan, Elizabeth Dunlea, Margaret Edwards, Edna Elliott, Enid Evans, Dorothy Harrison, Harriet Harrop, Florence Hart, Patricia Jolly, Edna Kelly, Brenda Lee, Frances Massey, Mildred Morris, Madge Moss And Mary Turner.
Dressers Ladies Of The Chester And District Boy Scouts' Association
Make Up Director - Hilda Jobling, Assisted By Anne Da Vies, Eileen Goodman, Jane James, Shirley Jenkins, Jean Jones, Olwen Moore, Beryl Needham, Joan Newstead, Marjorie Salmon, Joyce Thomas And Edith Webb
Business and Publicity Manager Bill Cooper
Treasurer Arthur Watson, C/o Lloyds Bank, Chester