ROGER REMEMBERS – In years gone by I was approached from time to time to take part on a judging panel for a talent competition or something of that sort. Maybe it was because I did a bit of writing on entertainment matters, or possibly they were short of somebody to ask. (Perhaps the … Continue reading
Roger Remembers. The well-known show business writer Roger Holmes writes exclusively for UK Cabaret on the subject of show business nostalgia. Clubland has always had its characters and one I recall particularly, and always with a smile, is a musician, entertainer and scourge of committee men, little George Ryder. If you met him in a … Continue reading
Roger Remembers. The well-known show business writer Roger Holmes writes exclusively for UK Cabaret on the subject of nostalgia. The finest act I ever saw on the stages of my local clubs was Roland Roy and Jackie Toaduff. Theirs is a remarkable story. In the 1950’s Roland Roy was a very popular artiste in … Continue reading
Roger Remembers. Show business writer Roger Holmes on nostalgia. One Sunday lunchtime at the bottom of Morley Road in Doncaster two lads were kicking a ball about in the car park at Wheatley W.M.C. The steward came out. “It’s time to go home now lads, off you go’. “We can’t, we’re t’urn”, was the … Continue reading
Roger remembers Once upon a time ,about 40 years ago, there were two concert secretaries, good mates, who used to travel around together in an old Austin A30, usually on the lookout for fresh artistes. One was driving, the other had his harmonica out, playing and marking time with his feet on the floor, when … Continue reading
Roger remembers Les Booth was the driving force behind Greasborough Social Club. The story has it that he came out of the forces after the war with a vision of establishing an entertainment club in the Rotherham area. It started with a wooden hut and progressed from there. How he did it is remarkable, working … Continue reading
Roger Remembers — I wonder what those earnest and well-meaning individuals who pioneered the working mens’ clubs movement in Victorian times with the object of educating and improving the lives of ordinary people would think if they were to see today’s clubs or, more so, those of the “roaring sixties”. Just when, for instance, did … Continue reading