1968 SHOW

This was the first show of the series. John Walling was the producer. John was from Atherstone and had recently moved to Burton with his work as an insurance agent. He had been appointed Group Scout Leader at Stretton and was the driving force in getting the show on the road.
I was Stage Manager for the show as well as being a performer (an arrangement we soon discovered as being impractical!!). Rehearsals were at Grange Street School and Brook House.
The performance was during Easter week at the Robert Sutton School. Robert Sutton was the only stage in town that could accommodate the large cast, both on stage and in changing rooms.

Selected pages from the programme are here.

Other pages (mainly the advert pages) are below.

In both cases images are downgraded for the web. If you want a full size copy of a particular page, then make contact and I can e-mail it to you.

Click on the pictures below for a small enlargement.

DON'T MISS THE SLIDES OF THE SHOW LOWER DOWN!

Programme page 2 An advertising page. Miller Greetings became Webb Ivory who were great supporters of Scouting both locally and nationally.	Programme page 3 The introductory page. Price ONE SHILLING! or 5p. It's a different world.
Programme page 4 Another advertising page. Millets are in Cooper Square shopping centre, Phillips are still around, but Dewey's are long gone.	Programme page 5 The welcome page
Programme page 6 Another advertising page.The next few pages are on the download.	Programme page 12 Sing along!
Programme page 13 Sing along some more!	Programme page 15 More adverts. None are still in business!
The back cover Boom-boom!!	I took slides of the 1968 show. Some were better than others. You judge!!
Back stage getting ready. The person on the left wearing specs is 10th Burton Venture Scout - Mick Bowering	37 years later Mick was elected Mayor of East Staffordshire, in May 2005
	Gordon Bagworth and Alan Freeman serving at the 'Gang Show Tavern'
From the left - Tony Sewell, Brian Hayns, Ges Cross, Alan Insley & Carl Brister	Can anyone help with the names?
	Left to right - Mick Wilson, ??, Ray Banton
Would we be allowed to do this number today?

It's a sobering thought, but everybody in the pictures above is now over 50 years old!!!