Hi Janice, (and Dave) Now why didn't I think of that. I have Folio Vwr vers. 3 and spend lots of time wandering down the side roads of Family using "Neighbors". Such a concentration of thesbians must have a significance. It gives me more names to try to associate with an act or theatre in the area. Dave Jassie used Vers 3 and could find no theatre (association) in Newton-L-W (or -I-M) To all our other Listers Do any of the names Janice pulled out ring any bells. How about names of theatres in Warrington, Haydock, Ashton in Makerfield, &/or Risley in the 1880s Thanks to all helping in my quest VinFOSTER nr Newbury, Berks, UK ______________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 8:26 AM Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Re:Newton in Makerfield -- Theatre?? > When you looked in the census, did you do a neighbour search? > I thought it might show a theatre but I didn't have time to do a complete > one for Newton-in-Makerfield. However, further down the same street as your > Palmers, in three other houses, were: > Lucy Johnson - actress > Thomas and Elizabeth Shorrocks - comedian and wife > Henry and Mary Montague - comedian and wife

Hi folks, Deborah has kindly sent me the following and I am passing it on in case anyone can make a connection. > Dear Dave, > You might be interested to learn of two baptisms that I have transcribed > from the 1813 Stoke Damerel PRs (I'm transcribing up to 1820, but 6 months > of 1813 has already topped 655!) > Fiche; Date; Surname; Child; Father; Mother; > Abode; Occupation > MF9 1813 1 17 ELSBEE; Caroline Ann; Francis ; Sarah ; Dock; > Comedian > MF10b 1813 7 6 ELSBEE; William Henry ; Francis; Sarah; Dock; > Comedian > > Regards > Deborah O'Brien > Devon OPC Co-ordinator > OPC for Meavy & Sheepstor > researching YATES in WRY > SQUANCE, LILLICRAP, SURTEES anywhere > DANKESTER, BATH in Cornwall > WATSON, SLANE, LENNON in Ulster > O'BRIEN, COAKLEY in Co. Cork

Hi, I performed a search of the Newton in Makerfield Census using Viewer 3 and it does not reveal an association between 'Newton' and 'theatre' Regards, Dave Jassie - List Administrator for - THEATRE-UK-L NIR-ARMAGH-L JASSIE-L [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ - THEATRE-UK Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm/ - ARMAGH Web site Greetings from Lincoln, England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Swannell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 8:26 AM Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Re:Newton in Makerfield -- Theatre?? > When you looked in the census, did you do a neighbour search? > I thought it might show a theatre but I didn't have time to do a complete > one for Newton-in-Makerfield. However, further down the same street as your > Palmers, in three other houses, were: > > Lucy Johnson - actress > Thomas and Elizabeth Shorrocks - comedian and wife > Henry and Mary Montague - comedian and wife > > Quite a group! > > Janice > Toowoomba > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > If you are having problems or have any questions or comments about the list, I can be contacted at [email protected] > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >

Hi folks, I have added the following to the Web site - 'Entertainers on the 1881 Census' - North Central Region - Yorkshire Several more URLs on the 'Entertainment Related Links' page. Additional submissions for the 'Members' Interests' page. More 'Subscribers' Web sites'. A Guestbook. A visitor counter. Many thanks to those of you who have sent contributions - more please!!!! Regards, Dave Jassie - List Administrator for - THEATRE-UK-L NIR-ARMAGH-L JASSIE-L [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ - THEATRE-UK Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm/ - ARMAGH Web site Greetings from Lincoln, England

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 8:58 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Fw: Madam de Rose > Hi, > I have received the message below from Julie Robinson, who is not a subscriber. > If anyone can help with her question, please reply to her directly at - > [email protected] > > Regards, > Dave - List Administrator > > > > Hello wondering if you can help me, I am searching the FAIRLESS family, I was told my grandfather had a sister ( or step sister) who sang at the Empire Theatre Sunderland, her stage name was Madam de Rose, her christian name was Hilda.Sorry I haven't much to go on, any information would be greatly appreciated. > Kind Regards > Julie Robinson > Regards, Dave Jassie - List Administrator for - THEATRE-UK-L NIR-ARMAGH-L JASSIE-L [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ - THEATRE-UK Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm/ - ARMAGH Web site Greetings from Lincoln, England

----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter McNulty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 10:52 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Cast of Rose Marie at The Victoria Palace > Rose Marie was performed at The Palace Theatre, possibly in 1961. > > The cast included David WHITFIELD, Maggie FITZGIBBON and Andy COLE. > > Among the dancers was an Angela SPARSHOTT. > > Equity do not have any records relating to this dancer. > > Can anyone else provide further information, i.e. was SPARSHOTT a maiden > name, married name or stagename? > > Any information gratefully received. > > Best regards, > > Peter McNulty > > [email protected] > www.sparshott.org.uk > > Researching family histories: > SPARSHOTT families world-wide > WICKHAM in north Kent. > EDGARD - any time, any place, any where. > GREENWELL - north east England. > LONGHURST (Isaac, c. 1860) - Coldharbour, SRY Regards, Dave Jassie - List Administrator for - THEATRE-UK-L NIR-ARMAGH-L JASSIE-L [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ - THEATRE-UK Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm/ - ARMAGH Web site Greetings from Lincoln, England >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Office" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 11:34 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} RE: [THEATRE-UK] Wilson Barrett > We have a mention of Wilson Barrett in our research - > > Elsie (or Eliza) Maisey was the daughter of George Maisey of Dulwich, > London, and before her marriage in 1881 she had a very sucessful theatrical > career. Eliza Maisie was primarily a Shakesperian actress and for some > years was the leading lady for Wilson Barrett - a very famous stage > personality in those years. Her marriage to William Henry Wellsted did not > end her stage interests and she remained a leading member of the East > Yorkshire Dramatic Society, and also undertook acting and singing for every > well-known charity in the Hull area. > > We would love to recieve any information about Elsie as we have very little > of her history before marriage. And as it would help us track her down - > would like to share any information re Wilson Barrett too > > Sue & Brian Nicholson of Lancashire > > mailto:[email protected] > MSN IM [[email protected]] > Home page for books, research , Blackpool places and churches > [http://www.sueathome.co.uk] > Staffordshire Garden Furniture Online > [http://www.idofurniture.co.uk] Now Operational > UK-CENSUS-HELPER > Regards, Dave Jassie - List Administrator for - THEATRE-UK-L NIR-ARMAGH-L JASSIE-L [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ - THEATRE-UK Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm/ - ARMAGH Web site Greetings from Lincoln, England

----- Original Message ----- From: "Office" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected] com" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 10:32 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Charlie Carolli - talk of the devil > There is a pic of Charlie and Paul in tonights evening Gazette 'Wish you > were here' > will attempt a scan if anyone wants one. > > Sue & Brian Nicholson of Lancashire > > mailto:[email protected] > MSN IM [[email protected]] > Home page for books, research , Blackpool places and churches > [http://www.sueathome.co.uk] > Staffordshire Garden Furniture Online > [http://www.idofurniture.co.uk] Now Operational > UK-CENSUS-HELPER >Regards, Dave Jassie - List Administrator for - THEATRE-UK-L NIR-ARMAGH-L JASSIE-L [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ - THEATRE-UK Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm/ - ARMAGH Web site Greetings from Lincoln, England

Sorry, I've just found the next few messages lurking in my 'bounced' folder. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Office" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 8:29 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} RE: [THEATRE-UK] BLACKPOOL ..TRAMS AND HINGE AND BRACKET > The Blackpool Tram song - wasn't it called 'The Blackpool Belle' > > Sue & Brian Nicholson of Lancashire > > mailto:[email protected] > MSN IM [[email protected]] > Home page for books, research , Blackpool places and churches > [http://www.sueathome.co.uk] > Staffordshire Garden Furniture Online > [http://www.idofurniture.co.uk] Now Operational > UK-CENSUS-HELPER > Regards, Dave Jassie - List Administrator for - THEATRE-UK-L NIR-ARMAGH-L JASSIE-L [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ - THEATRE-UK Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm/ - ARMAGH Web site Greetings from Lincoln, England

Hi Tom, Up until 2 years ago, I sang with both a barbershop chorus and, over the years, 3 different quartets. It was great fun, and I have had the privilege of singing on the stages of the Derby Assembly Rooms, Blackpool's Winter Gardens (dressed as King Neptune!! - I have the photo to prove it.) and many, many more venues. If you contact me privately with the sort of information you are seeking, I'll do likewise(to save me boring the list with my ramblings) with my reply. Regards, Dave Jassie - List Administrator for - THEATRE-UK-L NIR-ARMAGH-L JASSIE-L [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ - THEATRE-UK Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm/ - ARMAGH Web site Greetings from Lincoln, England > Hello, > I am hoping someone on the list can help me. I am putting together an > article about the history of various forms of harmony singing. > My current piece is about BARBERSHOP harmony, and I would appreciate any > help that can be given. I am particularly keen to hear from anyone with > actual experience of singing this form of harmony. > TIA, > Tom Booth > ________________________________________________________________________ _ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Why not visit the Circus, Theatre and Music Hall Families Page at - > http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~paulln/index.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

Hi Dave, Thanks, as I feared I have to move out into the wider Lancs et seq. Thanks also to those other listers who have responded ref Newton in Makerfield (-le-Willows) Regards Vin FOSTER nr Newbury, Berks, UK _______________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Jassie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:41 AM Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Newton in Makerfield -- Theatre?? > Hi Vin, > I have an 1875 map of the area around Newton (in > Makerfield)(-le-Willows) and it is referred to as Newton in Makerfield. > The 1881 Census <much snip> > that the existence of a theatre was > recorded by the enumerator if there was one in his/her area. There is no > mention of a theatre in Newton. > Your PALMERs just lodging there and working in Wigan, Warrington, St. Helens or nearby END

Hi, I am new to this list and hoping that someone can help. My father's first wife, FLORENCE SOPHIE EVANS (nee ACASON) sang in Alexandra Palace somewhere between the years 1898 to 1928, and I would dearly like to know more about her, e.g. stage name, newspaper articles, photo's etc. Best wishes to all. Frank Evans

Hi Vin, I have an 1875 map of the area around Newton (in Makerfield)(-le-Willows) and it is referred to as Newton in Makerfield. The 1881 Census gives the place that name also, but the locals appeared to prefer to be recorded as being born in Newton-le-Willows. The number of residences recorded on the 1881 Newton in Makerfield Census is just over 2070. I have noticed while extracting the 'Entertainers' from the 1881 census that the existence of a theatre was recorded by the enumerator if there was one in his/her area. There is no mention of a theatre in Newton. Perhaps the people you referred to were just lodging there and working in Wigan, Warrington, St. Helens or somewhere else close by where there would have been a theatre. Regards, Dave Jassie - List Administrator for - THEATRE-UK-L NIR-ARMAGH-L JASSIE-L [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ - THEATRE-UK Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm/ - ARMAGH Web site Greetings from Lincoln, England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vin FOSTER" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Newton in Makerfield LANcs - Theatre?? > Hi Peter, > Quite by chance I read an old email that explained that Newton in Makerfield > and Newton-le-Willows are one and the same place. > Thanks to those who responded to my query. > No-one has told me if there was a theatre there around 1880?? > TIA > Vin FOSTER nr Newbury, Berks, UK > ___________________________ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter McNulty" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 7:38 PM > Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Newton in Makerfield LANcs - Theatre?? > > > > I know of Ashton-in-Makerfield and Newton-le-Willows and if my memory > serves > > me correctly they are on the border of Lancs/Cheshire. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Peter McNulty > > > > [email protected] > > www.sparshott.org.uk > > > > Researching: > > SPARSHOTT families world-wide > > WICKHAM in north Kent. > > EDGARD - any time, any place, any where. > > GREENWELL - north east England. > > LONGHURST (Isaac, c. 1860) - Coldharbour, SRY > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Vin FOSTER" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 8:07 PM > > Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Newton in Makerfield LANcs - Theatre?? > > > > > > Hi Listers, > > > > I have a PALMER family, Actors, lodging in Fairclough St, Newton in > > Makerfield. Lancs in the 1881 census. > > If there was a theatre close to the above address, or indeed only one > > theatre in the town can someone let me know. > > Any help will be much appreciated. > > Where is Newton in Makerfield? I can't find it in my gazeteer. > > > > Regards Vin FOSTER nr Newbury Berks UK > > > > > > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail with just the word - unsubscribe - > > in the body of the message to [email protected] > > or [email protected] if in 'Digest' mode > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > > > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > > The URL for the THEATRE-UK Web-site is - > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Please post your reply to the list (except for personal mail) > Your message could be of interest to other subscribers. > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

Hello, I am hoping someone on the list can help me. I am putting together an article about the history of various forms of harmony singing. My current piece is about BARBERSHOP harmony, and I would appreciate any help that can be given. I am particularly keen to hear from anyone with actual experience of singing this form of harmony. TIA, Tom Booth _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Hi Peter, Quite by chance I read an old email that explained that Newton in Makerfield and Newton-le-Willows are one and the same place. Thanks to those who responded to my query. No-one has told me if there was a theatre there around 1880?? TIA Vin FOSTER nr Newbury, Berks, UK ___________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter McNulty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 7:38 PM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Newton in Makerfield LANcs - Theatre?? > I know of Ashton-in-Makerfield and Newton-le-Willows and if my memory serves > me correctly they are on the border of Lancs/Cheshire. > > Best regards, > > Peter McNulty > > [email protected] > www.sparshott.org.uk > > Researching: > SPARSHOTT families world-wide > WICKHAM in north Kent. > EDGARD - any time, any place, any where. > GREENWELL - north east England. > LONGHURST (Isaac, c. 1860) - Coldharbour, SRY > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vin FOSTER" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 8:07 PM > Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Newton in Makerfield LANcs - Theatre?? > > > Hi Listers, > > I have a PALMER family, Actors, lodging in Fairclough St, Newton in > Makerfield. Lancs in the 1881 census. > If there was a theatre close to the above address, or indeed only one > theatre in the town can someone let me know. > Any help will be much appreciated. > Where is Newton in Makerfield? I can't find it in my gazeteer. > > Regards Vin FOSTER nr Newbury Berks UK > > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail with just the word - unsubscribe - > in the body of the message to [email protected] > or [email protected] if in 'Digest' mode > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > The URL for the THEATRE-UK Web-site is - > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

Many thanks for looking Regards, Martin -----Original Message----- From: Barry Wilmot [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 06 June 2001 08:31 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Theatre Photographs Hi Martin, I had a quick look through the guest book last night and unfortunately a lot of people just signed their christian names and not the acts. Sorry there is no sign of the bold professor Sparkes. Best wishes Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin MOORE <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 9:45 PM Subject: RE: [THEATRE-UK] Theatre Photographs > Hi Barry, > Is there any mention of Professor SPARKES & Thelma (An electrical Novelty > Act) named "Washing the electric baby" > > > Regards, > > > Martin MOORE > On the South Pennines in Lancashire, UK > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Wilmot [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 05 June 2001 21:26 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Theatre Photographs > > > Hi everyone, > > As promised, here is the first batch of theatricals who stayed in my > grandmother's theatrical 'digs' mainly during the 1940's & 50's. > I will first list the photographs and then I will wade through the guest > book, where they all wrote their little letters of thanks, some of them are > very funny. > If there is anyone you are researching, drop me a line and I'll sort out > copies for you. > I will stagger the information so I don't clog up the system. > > Part 1. - loose photographs. > > Les Lee > Billy Knight > ? Rawson ( Male, Christian name torn) > Nita Jewell > Knight and Jewell ( obviously a double act- Billy Knight & Nita Jewell) > Dylys & Denise > Allen Mayne ( In drag, dated 1948 ) > Fay Everidge (nude) > Allen Allison ( In drag - from a show called Soldiers in skirts) > Karl Fairfax ( Again in drag from the same show dated 1948) > Peter Love ( In drag from the same show) > Jimmy Slater ( in drag dated 1950) > Betty Adams > Eric Knight (portrait & in drag dated 1948) > Harry Segal & Bert Ward ("radio's boy scout and girl guide") > Two Maniacs > Sam Bellini ( In clown costume balancing a spinning plate in both hands and > a chair on his forehead) > The Six Cooper Lovelies ( 'Passions & Peaches Company 1950) > Andrew Reid ( In drag) > Bert Ward ( in drag dated 1950) > The Deep River Boys > Chief Eagle Eye (Dated 1951) > Harry Lauder > G.H. Elliott > Paula & Frank Joyce > > They are the loose photographs I have, there are also some photographs in > the guest book. I'll start listing the names from the book next time. > I hope these may be of use to someone. > > Best wishes > > Barry Wilmot > > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Please DO NOT send virus warnings to the list. > Send them to me at [email protected] and I will take > the appropriate action. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Please post your reply to the list (except for personal mail) > Your message could be of interest to other subscribers. > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send an e-mail with just the word - unsubscribe - in the body of the message to [email protected] or [email protected] if in 'Digest' mode ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

I know of Ashton-in-Makerfield and Newton-le-Willows and if my memory serves me correctly they are on the border of Lancs/Cheshire. Best regards, Peter McNulty [email protected] www.sparshott.org.uk Researching: SPARSHOTT families world-wide WICKHAM in north Kent. EDGARD - any time, any place, any where. GREENWELL - north east England. LONGHURST (Isaac, c. 1860) - Coldharbour, SRY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vin FOSTER" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 8:07 PM Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Newton in Makerfield LANcs - Theatre?? Hi Listers, I have a PALMER family, Actors, lodging in Fairclough St, Newton in Makerfield. Lancs in the 1881 census. If there was a theatre close to the above address, or indeed only one theatre in the town can someone let me know. Any help will be much appreciated. Where is Newton in Makerfield? I can't find it in my gazeteer. Regards Vin FOSTER nr Newbury Berks UK ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send an e-mail with just the word - unsubscribe - in the body of the message to [email protected] or [email protected] if in 'Digest' mode ============================== Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history learning and how-to articles on the Internet. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library

Hello Dave & Theatre Listers Last evening one of my former orchestral colleagues e-mailed us with the words of one of Marriott Edgar's monologues - recalled from his youth. He wanted to check them, so I did a meta-search, using www.dogpile.com and came up with this site - http://www.btinternet.com/~p.wilkinson2000/index2.html If anybody's interested in these old monologues, follow the links - the words are all there! Enjoy!! Blanche Charles Wellington, NZ

Hello all I guess there are still many of us who remember the sing song evenings round the piano at home. Family and neighbours used to join in and they were really enjoyable. My mother had a beautiful soprano voice and appeared as Madame Hargreaves mostly around Manchester during and after the first World War. My father had a pleasant baritone voice and I shall never forget the duet he and my mother used to sing .. 'THE SPIDER AND THE FLY' how I do remember my father's nose which used to turn quite pink with the effor of keeping up with my mother. Of old songs here is one I quite loved all those years ago .. never dreaming that I would one day live on a pacific island. "Once on a cannibal isle there dwelt a dark eyed maid She lived all alone in a little wooden hut in the palm trees shade And on that island she reigned as queen One day a stranger appeared on the scene Said he "Don't waste your time out in this awful clime but come with me my pretty southern maid tp my hpme across the sea." But he went very red when she turned up her nose and said I wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you oo I have one lover and I don't want two oo What might happen there aint no knowing If he comes along so you'd better be a going 'Cos I wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you. I also loved (among hundreds of others) EDDIE CANTOR'S Josephina please don't leana on the bell When you musha please don't pusha on the bell I heard Mrs O'Leary say to Mrs O'Flynn Somebody keeps ringing but nobody comes in .....and so on.

There is a short paragraph about this act "Professor Sparks & Thelmina(sic) in Roy Hudd's book "Roy Hudd's Cavalcade of Variety Acts". Robson Books, London (1997).] Bill Dean-Myatt www.beltonaproject.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin MOORE" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 9:45 PM Subject: RE: [THEATRE-UK] Theatre Photographs > Hi Barry, > Is there any mention of Professor SPARKES & Thelma (An electrical Novelty > Act) named "Washing the electric baby" > > > Regards, > > > Martin MOORE > On the South Pennines in Lancashire, UK > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Wilmot [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 05 June 2001 21:26 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Theatre Photographs > > > Hi everyone, > > As promised, here is the first batch of theatricals who stayed in my > grandmother's theatrical 'digs' mainly during the 1940's & 50's. > I will first list the photographs and then I will wade through the guest > book, where they all wrote their little letters of thanks, some of them are > very funny. > If there is anyone you are researching, drop me a line and I'll sort out > copies for you. > I will stagger the information so I don't clog up the system. > > Part 1. - loose photographs. > > Les Lee > Billy Knight > ? Rawson ( Male, Christian name torn) > Nita Jewell > Knight and Jewell ( obviously a double act- Billy Knight & Nita Jewell) > Dylys & Denise > Allen Mayne ( In drag, dated 1948 ) > Fay Everidge (nude) > Allen Allison ( In drag - from a show called Soldiers in skirts) > Karl Fairfax ( Again in drag from the same show dated 1948) > Peter Love ( In drag from the same show) > Jimmy Slater ( in drag dated 1950) > Betty Adams > Eric Knight (portrait & in drag dated 1948) > Harry Segal & Bert Ward ("radio's boy scout and girl guide") > Two Maniacs > Sam Bellini ( In clown costume balancing a spinning plate in both hands and > a chair on his forehead) > The Six Cooper Lovelies ( 'Passions & Peaches Company 1950) > Andrew Reid ( In drag) > Bert Ward ( in drag dated 1950) > The Deep River Boys > Chief Eagle Eye (Dated 1951) > Harry Lauder > G.H. Elliott > Paula & Frank Joyce > > They are the loose photographs I have, there are also some photographs in > the guest book. I'll start listing the names from the book next time. > I hope these may be of use to someone. > > Best wishes > > Barry Wilmot > > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Please DO NOT send virus warnings to the list. > Send them to me at [email protected] and I will take > the appropriate action. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Please post your reply to the list (except for personal mail) > Your message could be of interest to other subscribers. > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >