Record

Performance TitleButlin's Festival of Reunion Tenth Anniversary (1945-1955) - Sportsmen's Night
Performance Date3 February 1955
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersAir Training Corps

Cleethorpes (Teenagers) Team,
Penge Team,
Sheffield Team,
Liverpool Team,
Cleethorpes (Seniors) Team,
The Bombay Troupe,
Sandra Michaels,
Butlin Young Ladies,
Heather Pullen,
Joyce Keane,
Lauri Lupino Lane and George Truzzi,
Harry Sloan's Clowns and Circus Novelties,
The Butlin ''Redcoats'',
Sea Cadets,
The Butlin Pageant Girls,
Army Cadet Force

Miss Vanity Fair Competition entrants:
Jean Morris, Sheila Wellard, Yvonne Price, Shirley Milligan, Beryl Hughes, Christine Partridge, Helen Skinner, Pamela Griffiths, Grace Dring, Norma Chadwick, Sonia Smith, Evelyn Davies, Eileen Cahill, Patricia Cherry, Margaret McWhirter, Dorothy Horniman, Joyce Griffiths, Gwen Pinches

Pat Smythe,
Chris Chataway,
Angela Buxton,
Jean Desforges-Pickering,
Tommy Lawton,
Danny Blanchflower,
Freddie Mills,
Gordon Pirie,
Freddie Trueman
Secondary PerformersW E Butlin - prizegiver,
Billy Bocker,
Guy Howard,
Maurice Jay,
Victor W Ladkin,
Albert Morgan,
Pat Schofield - adjudicators,
Charles Jacobs - scrutineer,
Kenneth Horne,
Jean Jupp,
Janette Scott,
Thora Hird,
Michael,
Phyllis Bayley - judges
Orchestra or BandBand of HM Royal Marines (Portsmouth),
Eric Winstone and His Orchestra,
Butlin Concert Orchestra,
Al Freid and The Butlin Concert Orchestra,
ChoirsButlin Choral Society
ConductorsCaptain K A Mclean,
Eric Winstone,
Glyn Jones,
Al Freid
Set ListOpen Amateur Modern Formation Team Trophy Competition,
Miss Vanity Vair Competition,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesFilm footage of 3 February performance (Sportsmen's Night) is available from British Pathe (Film ID 503.13). Running time 1min 29secs.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1955/11)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/A9hAJjZA_Fppy
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1955/11Butlin's Festival of Reunion Tenth Anniversary (1945-1955)2-5 February 1955
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Iororolaig_BuvButlin's Festival of Reunion Tenth Anniversary (1945-1955)5
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2955Air Training Corps (ATC); 1941-; British military youth group
DS/UK/6364Lane; Lupino (16 June 1892-10 November 1959); English actor and theatre manager
DS/UK/18570Truzzi; George (1924-1994); British actor
DS/UK/8642Sloan; Harry (fl 1920s-1950s); English circus performer
DS/UK/6530Army Cadet Force; 1859-; British youth organisation
DS/UK/12224Chataway; Christopher John (1931-2014); British athlete, television news broadcaster, Conservative politician
DS/UK/9227Buxton; Angela (1934-); English tennis player
DS/UK/9223Pickering; Jean Catherine (1929-2013); MBE; British athlete
DS/UK/9222Lawton; Tommy (1919-1996); English footballer
DS/UK/7146Mills; Frederick (1919-1965); English boxer
DS/UK/1903Butlins; 1936-; British chain of holiday camps
DS/UK/9196Butlin; Sir; William Heygate Edmund Colborne "Billy" (1899-1980); South African-born British entrepreneur
DS/UK/15445Hird; Dame; Thora (1911-2003); DBE; English actress
DS/UK/9206Orange; Wilfred (fl 1940s-1980s); British dance director
DS/UK/592The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Portsmouth (Royal Band); 1861-; British military band
DS/UK/6874Winstone; Eric (1913-1974); English big band leader, composer
DS/UK/7594Al Freid and The Butlin Concert Orchestra; fl 1940s-1960s; British light orchestra
DS/UK/12546McLean; K.A (fl 1950s-1960s); British conductor
DS/UK/9751Jones; Glyn (fl 1950s); Welsh conductor
DS/UK/18575Trueman; Frederick Sewards "Fred" (1931-2006); OBE; English cricket player, author, broadcaster
DS/UK/18574Pirie; Gordon (1931-1991); English athlete
DS/UK/18572Smythe; Patricia Rosemary "Pat" (1928-1996); British showjumper
DS/UK/18573Blanchflower; Danny (10 February 1926-9 December 1993); Northern Irish footballer
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