Gang Show 1953

Production number 1

16th January 1953 - 17th January 1953

At The Cathedral Refectory


Show Items 1953

First Half Second Half
It's A Great Great Game It's Great To Be Young
If It Comes To This A Prophet In His Own
Never The Twain Our Alphabet
Back To School The Garden Party
Cub Cropper's Back To Gilwell
Conscience Infant Prodigy
Spring Jack And The Beanstalk
The Boy Next Door Choirboys
Lift Up Your Hearts Finale

Programme Items

  • About The Show

The Gang 1953

The Gang contained 111 participants who were:

Derek AndersonMichael WatsonLeslie Brooks
John PooleJohn WatsonDavid Brickland
Gerald RooseWilliam WalkerKeith Brassington
Jim RockeTom WainwrightDennis Bell
Tony RobinsonPhil TurnerCecil Barnett
Donald RobinsonFred ShoneDennis Atherton
Peter RobertsMichael TophamBryan Atherton
Roy RimmerKenneth ThompsonReg Astbury
Michael PurcellGeorge ThompsonIvor Evans
Gordon PowellRobin ThomasHarold Faulkner
Alan PoveyPaul SwinnertonJohn Knight
Noel PostlesPeter SutcliffeDavid Higgins
John PostlesDavid SpruceJohn King
Christopher PlimsollPeter SpilsburyMalcolm Kershaw
Stanley SpeedRobin SmithDavid Kelly
Peter ParryJohn SmithPeter Jones
Bob ParrenBarry SmithAlan James
David OxleyPeter MasseyTony Hyde
Derek OwensNorman LawrenceGordon Hutton
Fred OwenEdward ArgyleTom Hughes
Michael NixonGraham DaviesLionel Hughes
Cavan MolloyGwyn EvansDavid Hooper
Terrence MoleGlyn EvansJohn Hodkinson
Roger MillwardTrevor EnsellChristopher Hewitt
Bill McFarlaneDerek EllisonJohn Fishwick
Brian MaxwellMelvyn EdwardsGraham Hartley
Grahame RyderJohn DunningGraham Hart
Michael SerjeantJulian DuffieldBernard Hart
Barry LawsonJames DragePeter Hart
Fred UptonDavid DoddBarry Gwilliam
Clive YoudeRobert DensonAnthony Gwilliam
Christopher WrightJohn DaviesCyril Gough
John WrightFred CowleyMichael Goodridge
Raymond WoodfineBernard EvansBarry Gaulton
Vincent WilsonEdward CotgreaveJohn Garton
Jimmy WilliamsSydney CooperJohn Gardiner
Peter WilliamsPhil ChatwinRobin D'Arcy

Behind the scenes 1953

Production Team Leslie Brooks, Jim Rocke, Fred Cowley
Stage Manager John Harrison
Assistant Stage Manager Sydney Cooper
Stage Hands Alfred Evans, Derek Owens, Barry Smith, Gordon Hutton, Harry Shone, Frank Turner
Settings George Thompson, Vincent Wilson, Barry Smith.
Lighting David Williamson, Tom Wainwright
Wardrobe Mistress Mabelle Robinson, Lilian Watson
Wardrobe Helpers Violet Atherton, Dorothy Harrison, Frances Massey, Evaline Behan, Florence Hart, Amy Newton, Lilian Blake, Anne Healey, Sallie Purcell, May Davies, Edith Kelly, Mabel Shone, Edith Ellison, Edith Kershaw, Mary Turner, Enid Evans, Heatherbell King, Catherine Walker, Ethel Faulkner, Mary Woodfine.
Make-Up Team Rosamund Banks, Mesdames M. Astle, R. Beal, R. Calloway, R. Jones, I. Lawes, H. Jobling, M. Mendham
Hall Manager Tom Hughes
Assistant Hall Manager George King
Business Manager Robin D 'arcy
Treasurer Donald Robinson