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Six Wives of Calais
 | Members of Loftus Youth Club , taken during a performance of 'Six Wives of Calais'
Names L-R
Margaret Drew, Eileen May, Barbara Whitlock, MArgaret Wood, Margaret Peel, Betty Thornton and Lorna Chipchase
Loftus Youth Club's Success. (newspaper cutting)
Loftus Youth Club received many congratulations on the success of their production, 'Six Wives of Calais.' by L. du Garde Peach, which won them first place in the Cleveland Youth Drama Festival at Redcar, on Friday. Miss Diana Carroll, dramatic advisor to the Young Women's Christian Association, who adjudicated, paid tributed to the standard of the acting ability of the performers and to their sincerity.
Produced by the leader of the Youth CLub, Mr. W. Tart. "Six Wives of Calais" has meant a good deal of hard work for the enthusiastic performers who took part, and they deserve every encouragement to stage more ambitious productions in the future. In her adjudication Miss Carroll spoke of the set which gave a good impression of a medievil house. She commended the acting ability of the team, and spoke highly of the grouping and costumes. The colour scheme was very good, reflecting a love of colour which was a feature of the period.
There was a pleasing simplicity about the costumes and set, and she was impressed by the way in which ther performers had dealt with the unusual hair styles and head dresses of the period. The pace was good, there was no promting, and cues were taken quickly and efficiently, and both exits and entrances were effective.
Grangetown Boys' Club gained second place with 'Hewers of Coal' by F. Corrie. Skelton Youth Club gave extracts from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and were complimented on theri choice.
Kindly contributed by Irene Fowle and Margaret Roberts (nee Wood)
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'The Brontes'
 | Another Loftus Youth Club production
'The Brontes' about 1948
L-R
Margaret Drew, Joan Dickens, Barbara Whitlock, Des Carter, unknown, Margaret Wood
Kindly contributed by Irene Fowle and Margaret Roberts (nee Wood)
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1948
 | Taking a break from the Six Wives of Calais
L-R
back :
Reggie Moss, Jeff Ditchburn, Tom Andrews, Marina Ward, Marion Noble, unknown.
front:
Joan Dickens, Margaret Wood, Margaret Drew, Margaret Smallwood, Barbara Whitlcok, Moira Shepherd.
another Loftus Youth Club production
Kindly contributed by Irene Fowle and Margaret Roberts (nee Wood)
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Youth Club Football Team
 | 1947 - 1948
L-R
back:
unknown, ? Coxs, Tom Andrews, Abel Roberts, Keith Sayer, Geoff Rowland
front:
Brian Webster, Maurice Dixon, unknown, Des Hodgson, Ron Scott
Kindly contributed by Irene Fowle and Margaret Roberts (nee Wood)
The lad in the loftus youth club football team top left looks like it could be one of the Purvers from Skinningrove.
information sent by Anne Purver
Jan 2012
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Group photo
 | 1949
back:
Tom Andrew, Abel Roberts, Brian Yarker, Irene Fowle, Gordon Fowle
front:
Eric Yarker, Margaret Drew, Bunty Hindmarsh, Margaret Wood, unknown, Margaret Peel, Geoff Ditchburn
Kindly contributed by Irene Fowle and Margaret Roberts (nee Wood)
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