Strolling and smiling through Gang's 50 years
Published Date:
06 March 2008
By Staff Copy
FIFTY years of fun is celebrated by Todmorden Gang Show this year - and ahead of the golden anniversary you can take a stroll down memory lane with a special display.
The show began in 1959 when stalwart Philip Suthers, having been to see other shows, declared "we can do that" and set what has become an institution up and running.
Originally featuring just Cornholme and Walsden and then Todmorden scouts and cubs, guides and brownies had joined the cast by the early 1970s. They were joined in later years by other sections of the movement and by cast members from the Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd and Sowerby Bridge areas too.
It must now be one of the longest running Gang Shows in the country and Philip Suthers rightly one of its best known names, his late wife Dot working on and appearing in many of the shows too.
Through the years the show has developed through the hands of producers who have included Philip himself, Hilda Ford, Richard Parkes and Rowena Goldthorpe.
The full article contains 178 words and appears in Todmorden News newspaper.
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Last Updated:
06 March 2008 12:36 PM
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Source:
Todmorden News
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Location:
Todmorden
