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Tony James Inner circle Cheshire UK 1398 Posts |
I don't think I recall working Offerton House Tony. was it sited where the housing estate is now?
I worked the Mary Dendy Homes at Great Warford many times in my youth. It was residential ("For the feeble minded") and they were always on the lookout for entertainment midweek. That's closed and gone. Up the road at Little Warford was and still is the David Lewis centre - Colony as we knew it - and this continues to specialise in epilepsy. Cheadle Royal was originally a lunatic asylum but in my youth was a general mental hospital. I don't think there are any residents there now. Barnes Hospital just up the road was a sanatorium turned specialist residential stroke home and I worked there a couple of times. That is supposed to be developed into housing but doesn't appear to be. The biggest was Brockholes up near Blackburn. They held massive events with every sort of entertainment - Stephenson's Circus used to come down for the weekend. Last I saw of it they were building exclusive homes within the miles of walled estate. These sorts of places welcomed learner entertainers and those doing tryouts and were great places to work and gain reactions and experience. They weren't such difficult audiences though as I recall the hardest part was gaining reactions rather than fending off overreactions. One thing they always enjoyed was a sing-song. I should have taken my kazoo. Talking of which, if you haven't seen it already - take a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ldp6Gb6_q0
Tony James
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seadog93 Inner circle 3200 Posts |
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On 2010-11-22 20:15, Tony James wrote: :) That is SO funny!!!
"Love is the magician who pulls man out of his own hat" - Ben Hecht
"Love says 'I am everything.' Wisdom says 'I am nothing'. Between the two, my life flows." -Nisargadatta Maharaj Seadog=C-Dawg=C.ou.rtn.ey Kol.b |
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