Dear Friends and ex-"Fols" Firstly I must apologise for this very long overdue News Letter. 2014 was a really busy year for me and I travelled around the world, twice i think, both for work and pleasure. Last year was very sad for our Fols friends as we lost 4 lovely...
Age calls the tune, Youths over soonthat is the natural lawthere's a younger generation knock knock knocking at the doorIt's very interesting to see how many 'ex pros' children end up working in the theatre or the entertainment business. Of course there are not the...
My first encounter with "The Fols" was in May 1966 at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. I was appearing in "The Harry Worth Show" at the Coventry Theatre, dancing for Pauline Grant. I went to a matinee because Jimmy Bailey [the pianist to Ted Hockridge] also in the...
A wonderful show My proper name was Susan Collins but when I joined Equity, I had to change it to Susan Cole. My first time in the Fol de Rols was in Bournemouth in 1961 as dancer in a show with Ken Dodd, Alma Cogan and the pianists Rawicz & Landauer and later as...
It was electric I first saw the Fols in 1957, when they came to Edinburgh, where I lived, to appear at the Lyceum Theatre. Reluctantly persuaded to go by my mother, who had been in the business and knew of the Fols reputation, I was immediately hooked. The show, led...
Maggie MacdonaldMargaret, or Maggie Macdonald as she is known, joined the Fol-de-Rols in the mid 1960's as the soprano. Like all other "Fols" members, she could sing, dance, act and had a charming personality, which fitted in well with the Fols company. Born in...
