Mum used to organise a coach party in the 1940's & 50's from Bell Hill, Marling Road Clouds Hill & Whiteway in St George to see the Pantomine in Bath each year The residents would pay so much "didlum each week which was saved for the fare & the tickets All this organisedby letter before the use of telephones to any extent or other electronic sommunication To me as a child the theatre was enornmous and when the comedian used to call Mum up onto the stage to present her with flowers it seemed that she was a mile away More recent visits to the theatre showed that it is in fact a tiny auditorium and Mums party of around 40 must have been quite a substantial part of the audience Jeff Peacock --- On Sun, 9/1/11, bristol_and_somerset-request@rootsweb.com <bristol_and_somerset-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > From: bristol_and_somerset-request@rootsweb.com <bristol_and_somerset-request@rootsweb.com> > Subject: BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET Digest, Vol 6, Issue 11 > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, 9 January, 2011, 17:43 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. This Week in History... (Bryan > Haycock) > 2. Re: Childhood visits to pantomimes at > The Theatre Royal Bath > (Tony Harrison) > 3. Re: Saving family photos etc., (Chris > Jefferies) > 4. National Collection of Aerial > Photography (liverpud) > 5. Chu Chin Chow at the Bristol > Hippodrome, 1950s (Childhood > visits to pantomimes at The Theatre > Royal Bath) (Josephine Jeremiah) > 6. Christmad in King Street (Janet Cuff) > 7. Re: Christmad in King Street > (Josephine Jeremiah) > 8. Re: Christmas in King Street (Pat > Hase) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:36:38 +0800 > From: Bryan Haycock <bryanh2@westnet.com.au> > Subject: [B&S] This Week in History... > To: BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <99iue1$3jifdp@outbound-mail02.westnet.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Jan 10, 1868. The last ship to bring convicts to > Australia, > > the Hougemont, > arrives in W.A. > Jan 12, 1836. HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin > on board, arrives in Sydney. > and on the 15th, 1834. nine convicts are shot > dead during an insurrection > > > on Norfolk Island. > > Bryan, > in the beautiful city of > Perth W.A. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:57:59 -0000 > From: "Tony Harrison" <a.harrison@tesco.net> > Subject: Re: [B&S] Childhood visits to pantomimes at > The Theatre Royal > Bath > To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <D3BA026CD6B843D4A2279D193AD43C8B@Tony> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi Josephine > My wife and I together with our granddaughter Charlotte > went to see Aladdin > at The Theatre Royal on Christmas Eve. Charlotte enjoyed > it, it was her > first pantomime. > Regards > Tony > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> > To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 11:15 PM > Subject: [B&S] Childhood visits to pantomimes at The > Theatre Royal Bath > > > > January can be a dull month in the U.K. When I was a > child, it was > > enlivened by a visit to the theatre to see a > pantomime. I particularly > > remember going to The Theatre Royal in Bath on a > number of occasions. > > > > Looking to see if there is still a pantomime there, in > January, I came > > upon this site: > > > > Bristol & Bath Theatre > > > > http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/linkbristoltheatre.html > > > > > > This led me to the main page for The Theatre Royal, > Bath > > > > http://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/ > > > > which links to an interesting page on > > > > A Brief History of The Theatre Royal Bath > > > > http://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/history/ > > > > -- > > Josephine Jeremiah > > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 13:35:52 -0000 > From: "Chris Jefferies" <chris.jefferies@blueyonder.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [B&S] Saving family photos etc., > To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <002801cbb002$235c5d30$6a151790$@jefferies@blueyonder.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > > Memory Stick type devices or at least the storage chip > inside the device > have a quoted storage life of "around 10 years". However > like anything they > can develop a fault meaning that you could lose some or all > the files stored > so make sure the files are also stored elsewhere. A friend > has an early > digital camera with an almost credit card size memory card. > It still > contained photos they wanted to recover but they were > unable to access them. > I had a suitable multi card reader but the card was now > blank. > > > > Slides were the main photographic medium from the mid 1950s > until sometime > in the 1970s when colour prints took over. I have many > hundreds of slides > dating from the late 50s some of which I would like > to scan to add to my > photograph collection and a few to my family history > collection. The slide > adaptor that came with my old HP scanner is useless and I > cannot warrant > spending money on a slide scanner for a one off job for a > relatively few > slides. I spoke to a friend who is a keen photographer and > he recommended > projecting the photo onto a screen then photographing the > image with a > digital camera. He said that it can give better results > than a proper slide > scanner. I tried this last winter and with practice > was getting far better > results than from the slide adaptor. The main problem was > the low light > levels my projector produces which was a bit too low for my > rather old > camera even with a tripod. My new camera is much more > sensitive but I have > yet to repeat the tests using it. > > > > Chris Jefferies > > Cheltenham > > Glos > > > > From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Nova > Sent: 09 January 2011 00:38 > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Subject: [B&S] Saving family photos etc., > > > > and good ones Edna. > I am also lucky enough to have daughters who are interested > in my > 'efforts' at Family History and knowing how many 35mm > slides we > have taken over the last 50 or 60 years, gave me a > 'gadget' which > enables me to copy slides (New Years' Resolution to > transfer more > of them?) and then put them all on a memory stick. > I was fortunate to have inherited a large quantity of old > family photos > which fill a photo album, these have all been copied and > named where > possible, and transferred to a memory stick, and the girls > have copies > each. > My only problem with this N/Y's resolution is that I have > no time left to > clean my large, and I mean large, quantity of inherited > brassware!!! > Nova > > > > > Just some ideas... > > > > Back up all your family files, photos on a memory > stick. Keep the memory > > stick > > in a fire proof safety box off-site if possible. > Pass information etc. > > around to > > family members. If you have made a > booklet, perhaps a copy to your local > > family history centre or library. > > > > (;-)) > > > > Edna - snowy Ottawa > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > _____ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3367 - Release > Date: 01/08/11 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 10:13:38 -0500 > From: "liverpud" <liverpud-49@rogers.com> > Subject: [B&S] National Collection of Aerial > Photography > To: "Bristol-Somerset List" <Bristol_and_Somerset@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <6B754B5D06C14736B8F746F4B7E9D39F@EDNA> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > The British and the Germans were quite adept at aerial > photography. Sadly it led to bombing each > other. > > http://aerial.rcahms.gov.uk/ > > Cheers, > > Edna - sunny snowy Ottawa > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:53:39 -0000 > From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> > Subject: [B&S] Chu Chin Chow at the Bristol Hippodrome, > 1950s > (Childhood visits to pantomimes at The > Theatre Royal Bath) > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <op.vo1vvpud42w82j@glasydorlan> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:57:59 -0000, Tony Harrison <a.harrison@tesco.net> > wrote: > > > My wife and I together with our granddaughter > Charlotte went to see > > Aladdin at The Theatre Royal on Christmas Eve. > Charlotte enjoyed it, it > > was her > > first pantomime. > > I expect you and your wife enjoyed it, too, Tony :-) How > nice to go to a > real theatre instead of watching a TV production. > > Your message made me wonder which was my first pantomime. > The words 'Chu > Chin Chow" came into my head. Ian thought it sounded like a > character from > Aladdin. > > Nowadays, the magic lamp is Google, from which I quickly > found that 'Chu > Chin Chow' is a the name of a production, which is a > mixture of musical > comedy and pantomime. > > I knew that I'd seen this production at the Bristol > Hippodrome, so looking > at this web page > > Bristol Hippodrome Theatre > A?Z of all Productions > > http://theatricalia.com/place/11/bristol-hippodrome-theatre/productions > > I found out that 'Chu Chin Chow' was at the Bristol > Hippodrome twice in > the 1950s, first in 1951-1952 and > second in 1959-1960. > > I'm not absolutely sure which production I saw, but it > could have been the > earlier one because I would have remembered more if it had > been the later > one. > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 17:06:21 +0000 (GMT) > From: Janet Cuff <bgmjcuff@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: [B&S] Christmad in King Street > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <688899.26563.qm@web28006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I wonder if any other listers saw Julian Slades production > "Christmas in King > Street" at the Theatre Royal Bristol in 1952 - now that was > a panto with a > difference and hugely enjoyable with its local references.? > I was a teenager > then and considered myself?far too old for?traditional > pantomimes but this show > really hit the spot for me. > > Janet > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:29:22 -0000 > From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> > Subject: Re: [B&S] Christmad in King Street > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <op.vo1xi8sq42w82j@glasydorlan> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; > format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:06:21 -0000, Janet Cuff <bgmjcuff@yahoo.co.uk> > wrote: > > > I wonder if any other listers saw Julian Slades > production "Christmas in > > King Street" at the Theatre Royal Bristol in 1952 - > now that was a panto > > with a difference and hugely enjoyable with its local > references. I was > > a teenager then and considered myself far too old for > traditional > > pantomimes but this show really hit the spot for me. > > Thank you for this, Janet. Of course, out of curiosity I > had to google for > "Christmas in King Street" and a number of references came > up, including a > wikipedia page on Julian Slade: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Slade > > It's always good to learn a new snippet about Bristol. > > I remember going to the Theatre Royal, Bristol in the > second half of the > 1960s to see a restoration comedy and later a Shakespeare > play, where one > of the actors was Richard Pasco. Unfortunately I can't > remember the name > of either play so my memory is slipping, here. I do > remember, however, > exactly what I wore to the Shakespeare play and with whom I > went. > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 17:44:04 -0000 > From: "Pat Hase" <pat@pathase.demon.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [B&S] Christmas in King Street > To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <D98B92B2BF5B4F61AF8AAFAB409442E5@OwnerPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I remember it! - I was delighted with it and loved > every minute. Didn't > they at one point hunt for the missing statue of Queen > Victoria or was it > Neptune and his trident? > This Christmas I saw the excellent "Swallows and Amazons" > there and memories > of that earlier production came back. The enjoyment > of cast and audience > was the same - much use of imagination - and once again I > left the theatre > having been taken out of myself and totally involved with > the experience. > This time I was with a teenage grand daughter - I wonder > whether she will > remember Swallows & Amazons in 59 years time! > > Pat > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janet Cuff" <bgmjcuff@yahoo.co.uk> > To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 5:06 PM > Subject: [B&S] Christmad in King Street > > > I wonder if any other listers saw Julian Slades production > "Christmas in > King > Street" at the Theatre Royal Bristol in 1952 - now that was > a panto with a > difference and hugely enjoyable with its local references. > I was a teenager > then and considered myself far too old for traditional > pantomimes but this > show > really hit the spot for me. > > Janet > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET list administrator, > send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET mailing list, > send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET Digest, Vol 6, Issue 11 > *************************************************** >