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You jammy thing, Lady G! You would have had no chance of that at my school - all the A level subjects were heavily subscribed and tabs were kept on all. Even when we tried to skive off the un-necessary once a week lesson of "maths for physics" (for those of us doing physics, but not maths A level) the teacher tracked us down in the library! LOL!
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' Kind Hearts and Coronets'- the relatives were played by Alec Guiness I think, Linda.
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Yes, you are right, Caroline! I saw a clip of Alec Guinness in the roles the other day and meant to come on here and correct myself, but never got round to it.
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Lady G, Right, unless you went to see Jane of the Daily Mirror. There were some good acts on as well. Mgt. and me used to go regularly, she liked a pseudo Spanish dancer called Bill Dane, very slim surrounded by exotic dancers. It was at the junctiion of Lancaster Road and Tithebarn Street, opposite the Co-op I think.Cheers, Bill.
I got here via a web-search for "Bill Dane": so far as I can see this is the only mention of this man on the entire internet! Dane was a regular at the City Varieties at Leeds where I was a student from 1961 to 1964; he danced (pseudo-Spanish is right) accompanied by 3 female dancers in (frequently laddered) fishnet stockings. His whole act was strikingly camp and bizarre - and undeniably memorable. I am glad that there is at least one other person in the universe who remembers his act!
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Hi Jeremy, Welcome to the Forum - and greetings from Barnsley from over the hill.
Its good to know that someone else knew of the Palace Theatre, They would be very "tame" shows by today`s standards, but we used to enjoy making the trip to see what was new.We used to marvel at the fan dancers, the strippers who didn`t move, Blue Moon was a favourite number, Jane of the Daily Mirror complete with dog.
Living in Barnsley, you don`t need to go to the theatre to see the risque shows - just go down town at weekends. Lady G reminds me that we went to see if the City Variety Theatre was still in Leeds, and sure enough, it was. There is a long waiting list to see the Olde Time Music Hall, so we`ll not be going.
Good to here from you, keep in touch, you`ll enjoy it. W.R. & Lady G.