Annette Holloway as Demon Glum in Pantomime at Con Club
Our pantomimes were always very well supported. So many people were in them and others came to watch. We used to go to Mrs Hans Hamilton’s house sometimes rehearsing for the pantomimes. I always remember this fire in the middle of the room.
Annette Haynes nee Holloway
The ‘Con Club’, Sports and Social Club was used as an entertainment venue for concerts, plays and pantomimes. ‘Winter Wonderland’ was one when I would have been 7. My mother was in the show, I wanted to go all the time to watch it.
I went with my grandmother one night and couldn’t understand why my dad wasn’t there, and apparently he took one of the women’s places because they were ill.
Watching the entertainment at the ‘Con’ Club 1950s
Carol Corbett nee Cotton b 1946
Front of stage Mrs. Hans Hamilton, writer and producer, with Sam McDonald who provided music for Guides and Brownies’ pantomimes.
The concerts and pantomimes arranged by Mrs. Hans Hamilton and Win Davison were a really important part of our lives. By the time we were ready to put them on, it was often Easter. Rangers, Guides and Brownies were always involved, music and dancing. Effie was usually the principal boy, with Mollie Mallett – they both had good singing voices. By the time we actually gave the performance, I was usually word perfect for the whole play, everyone’s part. Mary Lord nee Hayles b 1936
Aerial showing Yarmouth 1923 with tennis courts and green spaces
There were tennis courts where the 8 council houses are that were built in 1949. Before they were built, it was allotments during the war. I remember Mick’s aunt used to play. We used to play tennis didn’t we, on Mrs Hamilton’s courts where the Glen is, next to the Sports Club? The tennis court was Tennyson Road end and opposite her place, ( The Wight House) so she had to cross the road. Annette Haynes and Pat Burt b 1929