The Scrapbook - The Victory Hall Years - 1949 to 1963
Prior to WW II, TADS had staged plays at Tarporley's Town Hall for many years. The Town Hall stood near the bottom of Forest
Road
on the Southern side and remained in use as a cinema in the 1950s and as a coffee bar and bowling alley in the 1960s.
The Victory Hall was built after WW II on the site of the present Community Centre and TADS took up residence shortly after.
Acknowledgements
Much of the following material was scanned from the Society's scrapbook which has been kept by Linda Bennett and further scripts
and programmes were loaned to Peter Willis
by Margaret Dean (nee Hughes) who appeared in many productions during the 1950s.
The original material dated back to 23rd February 1949 when "Yes And No" was produced by Stanley Wilson in the old Victory Hall.
More recently, a 1938 programme and press cutting appeared from Australia, followed by much earlier material from Cheshire Archives.
In February 1949, in "Yes and No", the characters in
order
of appearance were played by :
Peggy Cowap, Charles Hopley, Evelyn Kenyon, Cicely Hopley, Christina Ledger, Tom Kenyon & Hector Hemmings.
"The Quiet Week-end" was staged in May 1950 and the programme shows admission
cost 3/- (3 shillings or 15p in today's money) and seats were numbered.
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Skip to : 1950 - 1960 - see the early Community Centre Years 1964-90 - the modern Scrapbook / Early History in the Town Hall
| The Community Centre under construction in 1963 | |
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Tarporley Motors stood where the Spar is today. |
| The Victory Hall . . . . . . as it was in the early 1950s | |
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The Hall is to the left of the tennis courts
In the second picture taken in the early |
November 1962 - Birthday Honours - by Paul Jones - - - - - Last play in the Victory Hall -
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| March 1962 - Pools Paradise Produced by Lynne Burrows   |
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| October 1961 - The Holly And The Ivy Produced by Jeff Whitworth  |
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| April 1961 - The Reluctant Debutante - by William Douglas Home Produced by Hector Hemmings   |
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| February 1961 - Something To Hide - by Leslie Sands Produced by Stella Wilkinson   |
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| November 1960 - Sailor Beware - by Philip King & Falkland Cary Produced by Hector Hemmings   |
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| 1960 - Murder At The Vicarage | |
January 1960 - The Bride and the Bachelor - by Ronald Miller |
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| 1959 - The House by the Lake | |
| 1959 - Dry Rot | |
| 1958 - Tons of Money | |
| 1958 - One Wild Oat | |
| 1957 - The Loving Elms | |
1957 - Such Things Happen - by Wilfred Massey  |
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| 1956 - Night Must Fall | |
| 1956 - The Bride Wore an Opal Ring | |
| March 1956 - See How They Run - by Philip King Produced by Lynne Burrows   |
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| November 1955 - Down Came A Blackbird - by Peter Blackmore Directed by Lynne Burrows    |
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| April 1955 - My Wife's Lodger - by Dominic Roche Produced vby Molly Wilkinson      |
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1954 - Count Your Blessings - by Ronald Jeans  |
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1954 - The Rotters - by H F Maltby  |
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1954 - The Happiest Days Of Your Life - by John Dighton  |
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1953 - Traveller's Joy - by Arthur Macrae  |
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April 1953 - Charity Begins - by Ireland Wood |
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| January 1953 - The Paragon - by Roland & Michael Pertwee Produced by Denys Crowther      |
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| October 1952 - Love's A Luxury - by Guy Paxton & Edward V Hoile Produced by Lynne Burrows    |
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| May 1952 - A Pig In A Poke - by Dennis Constanduros Produced by Hector Hemmings    .   .  
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Cast Members Many of the phtos from this period were kindly provided by Carol Wyatt whose Mother, Christina Ledger was a Tarporley girl and met her husband, Geoff Brown at TADS in the early 1950s. They married in September 1953 and moved away. Carol's godparents were Evelyn and Tom Kenyon who lived opposite the Community Centre at Hillcroft, High Street. Both couples appeared in several plays between 1949 and the mid 1950s. |
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March 1952 - The Chiltern Hundreds - by William Douglas Home |
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| December 1951 - Candied Peel - by Falkland L Cary Produced by T Kenyon      |
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| September 1951 - The Camel's Back - by Arnold Helsby Directed by Lynne Burrows .    |
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| March 1951 - The Blue Goose - by Peter Blackmore Produced by Hector Hemmings   |
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| November 1950 - Dangerous Corner - by J B Priestley Produced by Hector Hemmings    |
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1950 - Members Of The Jury |
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May 1950 - Quiet Week-end - by Esther McCracken |
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1949/50 - The Man Who Kissed His Wife |
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| October 1949 - The Poltergeist - by Frank Harvey Produced by Evelyn Kenyon     |
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February 1949 - Yes And No - by Kenneth Horne Unknown Plays |
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Unknown Play 1 |
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Unknown Play 4 |
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Unknown Play 5 |
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Unknown Play 6 |
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Unknown Play 7       |
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Unknown Play 8    |
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Unknown Play 9    |
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Who are they ? |
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Back to : 1950 - 1960 - see the early Community Centre Years 1964-90 -
Town hall Years 1894-1938 - the modern Scrapbook
