A
member of York theatre company, Jimmy Beck made several
performances to great acclaim in the late 1950's early
1960's. This particular production featured Jimmy as Mat
Burke (a stoker).
Contemporaries who co-starred
along with Jimmy in this production was future 1961 chart
topper John Leyton (Johnny Remember Me), Trevor
Bannister (later star of Are You Being Served and
The Dustbinmen) and Jean Alexander (later Hilda
Ogden of Coronation Street).
The
size of the programme was merely four pages as opposed
to eight, this was due a printers strike in which the
programme was "necessarily curtailed"
Written
and researched by Andy Howells.
This
Presentation: Copyright: www.dadsarmy.tv 2003
