£22.50
Date 30/01/1950
Accrington New Hippodrome Show Time Merry Go Round – Theatre Flyer 1950
A single sheet theatre flyer leaflet, 5 x 7 inches, for Show Time Merry Go Round at the Accrington New Hippodrome, dated 30 January 1950.
The variety bill features G H Carlisle, Francis Watts, The Eden Sisters, Freddy Hills, The Franklyns, the Four Skating Romanys and Augusto’s miniature circus.
A lively piece of Lancashire theatre memorabilia from the closing years of the variety circuit.
| Size | 5" X 7" – single sheet |
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Condition: V Good, vlcr, a nick off the bottom left corner
Did you know?
- Roller skating acts were a popular speciality turn on British variety bills in the first half of the twentieth century.
- Accrington is a Lancashire mill town, and like many such towns it supported its own variety theatre in the first half of the twentieth century.
- Touring variety shows of this era usually played a different town each week, twice nightly.
SKU: T03859
