Hi all Like Derek said, some names would be helpful. My grandparents (with my father as a child) toured with various travelling theatres at that time, though it did tend to be in the North East, rather than North West. Nevertheless, if you can list some names it's possible that I might recognise a few names from my father's old playbills etc. Cheers -- Neal Dench // ndench@tinyworld.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "derekive" <derek@ive999.fsnet.co.uk> To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Travelling Theatrical groups in the UK around the 1900s. > Hi Christine, if you could list some of the names in the book then people > could check their sources. many people on the list have reference books etc > and will willingly do lookups. If there are a lot of names it might be worth > putting them up a few at a time. > regards > Derek > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <CBoyer3229@aol.com> > To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 4:55 PM > Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Travelling Theatrical groups in the UK around the > 1900s. > > > Hi Listers > I've now managed to subscribe to the list so I hope there might be > people out there who can add something to the very limited knowledge I have. > > My Great Grandmother, Ann Collier, ran a boarding house at 88 Pierce > Street, Macclesfield Cheshire for Travelling Theatrical actors in the 1890's > and maybe before that. There was a theatre a very short walk from the house > which became the Picturedrome Cinema and is now closed. > I have a little notebook that several of the guests signed with > comments about the hospitality they received and some comments about > Macclesfield > and I wondered if there were any sources of further information I could > consult > on these groups or the individuals or if anyone has information that would > shed light on life at that time? > I wasn't listed but I did get one e-mail from Ruth. I'll be checking > through the names, Ruth, and I will get back to you. > Here's hoping! > Christine Boyer > > > >