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Drama productions
St Paul's Church - dancing troupe. 1930s.
Pictures from Tameside Libraries' Image Archive reference t09937
St Paul's Church - dancing troupe. 1930s.
Pictures from Tameside Libraries' Image Archive reference t09938
St Paul's Church, Pantomime - Beauty and the Beast. Standing: Alice Shuttleworth, Phyllis Crossley, Fanny Whitehead, Dorothy Wilson and Emma Baguley. Kneeling; Mary Urmston, Jane Shelley, Lesley Gill, Edith May Jones, Lizzie Wrigley, Alice Simister.
Pictures from Tameside Libraries' Image Archive reference t15767
St Paul's church pantomime : Cinderella. Date unknown.
Pictures from Tameside Libraries' Image Archive reference t19000
St Paul's Church Pantomime. Back row, l to r; Margery Peel, Phyllis Crowther, Hilda Scott, Alice Lowe, ??? ???, Mary Bowker, May ???, Margaret Bradley. Front row; Dorothy Stockton, Jessie Hall, Ethel Fitton and Joyce Wilson.
Pictures from Tameside Libraries' Image Archive reference t19001
Doreen Miller and Kathleen Marsden Doreen Miller and Kathleen Marsden
St Paul's Church Pantomime 'The Hunt'. Left to right; Jessie Hall, Dorothy Stockton, Joyce Wilson, Alice Lowe, ??? ???, Phyllis Crowther, ??? ???, Hilda Scott and Mary Bowker.
Pictures from Tameside Libraries' Image Archive
reference t19002
St Paul's Church Pantomime Joyce Wilson (aged 9) as the Doll Queen
Pictures from Tameside Libraries' Image Archive reference t19004
St Paul's Church Pantomime. Standing left to right; Hilda Scott, ??? ???, ??? ???, Mary Bowker. Kneeling; Alice Lowe, Phyllis Crowther. Sitting; Jessie Hall, Joyce Wilson and Dorothy Stockton.
Pictures from Tameside Libraries' Image Archive
reference t19003
Doreen Miller and Kathleen Marsden (nee Daley) Doreen Miller and Kathleen Marsden (nee Daley)
Babes in the Wood - 1952-3. Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. Cinderella 1950-1. Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. Dick Whittington 1951-2. Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. St Paul's Amateur Dramatic Society in the 1930s. Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson.
Sinbad the Sailor - early 1950s
Pantomime 1940s Pantomime Pantomime 1950s Pantomime Puss in Boots
Pantomime 1940s - preparing for the Skaters' Waltz Pantomime: Robin Hood. The huntsman is Harold Gosling. Pantomime 1950s - Kathleen Daley is third from the left on the back row Pantomime : Cinderella Pantomime : Puss in Boots.
Production of R.C.Sherriff's "Journey's End" 1932. .Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson.Production of R.C.Sherriff's "Journey's End" 1932. .Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. Production of R.C.Sherriff's "Journey's End" 1932. .Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. Production of R.C.Sherriff's "Journey's End" 1932. .Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. Journey's End 1932
Pictures from Tameside Libraries' Image Archive reference t09168
St Paul's pantomime late 1920s. Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. St Paul's Amateur Dramatic Society in the 1930s. Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson.
Pantomime
Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson. Pantomime The Sparklers seems to have been a group of drama enthusiasts from St Paul's who took their shows on the road rather like a concert party. Picture supplied by Mr D Wilkinson.
  mothers union nativity The Mothers' Class Drama Group Sewing ladies  
  Mothers' Union Nativity Play - Christmas 1953 The Mothers' Class Drama Group These ladies did all the sewing for St Paul's pantomimes. Double click to see a larger image. You can also see a copy annotated with names of some of the ladies here.  
   
Images from a musical evening from 1989 - part of the celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the consecration of St Paul's