St Thomas' Sunday School Pantomime c1960

With thanks to Pat Cockayne for sending the scans. Click the images to see a larger version.

Aladdin
Panto c1960
BACK ROW
Phillip Akrigg Tony Smith Linda McIvor Andrew Thomas Alan Daniels
THIRD ROW
David Town Jean Parker Roddy Park John Happs
SECOND ROW
Pat Hiscoe Bridget Stinson Susan Watcham Joan? Birch Kathleen Thomas Elizabeth Eastwood
FRONT ROW
Richard Barrett Lorraine Bage


Hansel & Gretel
Panto 1959
BACK ROW
David Town Aldyth Bird David Poulton Pat Hiscoe Jean Parker Helen Poulton
MIDDLE ROW
Susan Stirk Elizabeth Eastwood Linda McIvor Janet Hargreaves Kathleen Thomas Roddy Park Irene Dickinson
FRONT ROW
Stuart Hellam Joyce Dickinson Susan Watcham Susan Smith Andrew? Thomas

David Town posted the following comment:

"The appearance of the photographs of the Sunday School pantomimes brought back some happy memories of appearing in the productions. I remember the rehearsals were on a Saturday morning and more often than not I was missing due to playing soccer for the school, which did not always go down well with the producer Doreen Sharp (now Smith) who I believe is involved with Sutton Amateurs. The first photograph was Aladdin and the missing names on the back row are Phillip Akrigg and Alan Daniels, I believe the boy on the front row is Richard Barrett. The second photograph is Hansel & Gretel and again Richard Barrett is the unknown boy (update Feb 2012: Margarete Parker (nee Hellam) identified the unknown boy as Stuart Hellam not Richard Barrett). To obtain the boys name on the back row I will have to look at some old records."

The following newspaper review was submitted by Margarete Parker (nee Hellam):