Hippodrome

THOTH · 01-05-2005, 08:12

Further to the original Quiz No 4 here are three from Uncle Bert.

cashman · 01-05-2005, 22:25

me late mam said she saw joseph locke at the hippodrome,any of the owd uns remember?love the photos.

KAYJAY · 27-09-2005, 17:09

I've heard that - Josef Locke - also heard that Charlie Chaplin appeared there in his very early Fred Karno Circus days before he went to America - that must have been early 1900's.

cashman · 27-09-2005, 18:39

the middle photo brought back some sad memories,we used to play in there as kids,was trapdoors in the stage and we thought it was a great adventure, until one winters night when a lad that used to play with us slipped off the roof and fell into ellison street and was killed. in a strange sort of way i was lucky, me mam kept me in that night cos i was full of a cold- fell out with her cos i thought i was ok, its a strange life!

junetta · 29-09-2005, 12:35

I remember him cash, he used to sit next to me for English at Rhyddings. I remember feeling really strange because I hadn't come across death before.

katex · 28-10-2005, 21:52

I remember my mum saying she saw Julie Andrews there, did an act with her mum and dad ... said real ugly kid !! ugly duckling turned into a swan though, didn't she ?
My dad was a part-time professional musician and played in the music pit on many occasions.

Trevis2 · 12-11-2005, 01:01

remembering the Hippodrome brings back many memories of performers, such as [The Frank Brothers ] [ Frank Randle] [ Nosmoking] , and what about all those wanderful shows that Bulloughs put on there, Felix Mendelson and his Hawian Seranaders was another Big show that used to come to town
Trevor B Williams