Fol de Rols 1928 | Photograph from Jamie McCormickAbout This Photograph We think this is from the 1928 - 1930 cast. The man on the far right is the comic Harry Brunning with Will Kings standing next to him. You can find out more about Harry Brunning at Peter...
Snippets Gola Betti (picture #4) also appeared in "Follow The Sun" - Charles B. Cochran's 1936 Revue Harry Hanson's Court Players (picture #6) appeared at The Pier Pavilion, Hastings Mona Washbourne (picture #7) appears in many places on the internet. Here is a brief...
Neither Peter nor I can remember why the Puppets came to be used in the 'Fol-de-Rols' as a feature of the Finale of the show. We suspect that Bob Pelham was a friend of 'Rex Newman and the idea came from one of them. The idea was charming. Each set of puppets were...
The Theatre Royal, Birmingham was originally called the New Theatre. It was a 2000 seat theatre located on New Street in Birmingham and was erected in 1774 and then finally demolished in 1956.Closed Saturday 15th December 1956The theatre was damaged by fire in 1792...
These three images are of the Floral Hall at Scarborough where the Fols performed first in 1911 and then at various periods including the 1950's. The last image shows it as it is today: a bowling alley. Enough said! Although revamped it does retain a few features of...
Have been sent some very interesting memorabilia from Michael Heath about his aunt Joan Heath who worked as a dancer in the 1930s and 40s and did several seasons with the Fols in Hastings and Scarborough among other places. You will see from the programme that it was...
