Gang Show 1954

Production number 2

Week Commencing 22nd February 1954

At The Cathedral Refectory


Show Items 1954

First Half Second Half
It's A Great Great Game Flying High
Merrie England Short Story
Rain Vespers
Swaps Jack And Jill
Up Girls And At 'em The Farmer's Boy
John Once More We're Home Again
Bob's Job  
The Trumpeter  
Klondike Lou  
Camelephantelope  
You'll Get Along Very Well  

Programme Items

  • Some of the Choruses from SCOUTABOUT

The Gang 1954

The Gang contained 100 participants who were:

Reg AstburyDavid PatersonLeslie Brooks
Peter BehanJohn NicholsonDavid Brickland
Eric GladstoneDerek MorreyKeith Brassington
Roy FisherDerek HodkinsonCecil Barnett
Ivor EvansMike MoleDennis Atherton
Nevil EatonPeter McElhinneyDavid Hooper
Brian DevenportKenneth MeyerPeter Jones
Ted CotgreaveKen LumbyStanley Speed
Glynne CobdenGeoffrey LongChristopher Plimsoll
Howard CarterRoger KingGrahame Ryder
Ray BevanBertram KingJim Rocke
Tom BatemanNorman JonesTony Robinson
Peter HartBob JonesDonald Robinson
Christopher WrightGraham HoughRoy Rimmer
Raymond WoodfinePeter SutcliffeMichael Purcell
Jimmy WilliamsFred ShoneGordon Powell
Michael WatsonBryan AthertonAlan Povey
John WatsonJohn GardinerJohn Postles
Tom WainwrightDavid HigginsJohn Poole
Fred UptonChristopher HewittPeter Parry
Phil TurnerGraham HartleyDavid Kelly
George ThompsonGraham HartDerek Owens
Robin ThomasBarry GwilliamCavan Molloy
Geoffrey HarropCyril GoughTerrence Mole
Eric HeathMichael GoodridgeRoger Millward
Peter SpilsburyBarry GaultonBill McFarlane
Geoffrey MoultonJohn GartonBrian Maxwell
Arthur ShoneBernard EvansPeter Massey
John YoudeTom HughesNorman Lawrence
Cyril SpilsburyMelvyn EdwardsJohn King
Jackie SmithJohn DunningMalcolm Kershaw
Frank RimmingtonRobert DensonAndy Thompson
Geoffrey RaynerGraham Davies 
Les PearsonPhil Chatwin 

Behind the scenes 1954

Production Leslie Brooks And Jim Rocke
Stage Manager John Harrison, Assisted By Bon Thomson, Derek Owens, Frank Turner And Horace Newton, David Dodd
Properties Peter Behan
Prompter Marjory Jonas
Settings George Thompson, Dick Simcock, Tom Wainwright And George Mcleod
Lighting David Williamson
Costumes Wardrobe Mistress Mabelle Robinson And Wardrobe Mistress Ethel Faulkner.
Assisted by the Sewing Team Violet Atherton, Evelin Beiian, May Davies, Enid Ellison, Harriet Harrop, Florence Hart, Anne Healey, Megan Jones, Edith Kelly, Heather King, Francis Massey, Amy Newton, Shirley Newton, Hannah Powell, Mabel Shone, Jessie Thomson, Mary Turner, Lilian Watson, Mary Woodfine
Dressers Ladies Of The 8th And 13th Scout Groups
Make-Up Rosamund Banks Assisted By Misses M. Astle, R. M. Beal, G. Brown, R. Calloway, E. T. Goodman, G. M. Haynes-thomas, H. Jobling, M. Mendham, J. Newstead, J. Povey, A. Tweed, E. Webb, Mesdames V. J. Taylor And A. M. Williams
The Orchestra Leader : Billy Brickland, Who Arranged All The Special Orchestrations
House Staff Joint Hall Managers : John Grriins And Tom Hughes Assisted By Scouts Of The 1st Upton-by-chester Boy Scout Group
Press and Publicity Roy Fisher And Alfred Evans
Booking Personal Application: Hilda Catherall. Postal: David Hooper
Treasurer Arthur Watson