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Row 6 |
Geoff |
Duncan |
Ted |
Brian |
Ted |
Alan |
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--7-- |
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Row 5 |
Johnny |
Archie |
John |
Derek |
Glenn |
'Uncle' Hal |
Bill
Godderidge |
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Row 4 |
Ricky |
Brian |
Carl |
John |
Bob |
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--6-- |
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Row 3 |
Peter
Forsyth |
--2-- |
Brian |
Harry |
'Prof' |
--6-- |
Don |
--8-- |
--9-- |
Alec |
Alan |
Johnny |
Bill |
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Row 2 |
Margo |
Rosemary |
Shirley |
--4-- |
--5-- |
--6-- |
--7-- |
Valerie |
--9-- |
--10-- |
-11- |
--12-- |
--13-- |
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Row 1a |
Dennis Venton |
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Dave |
Terry |
Dave |
Sheila |
Wally |
Deena |
Colin F. |
Dee |
Ron |
Jackie Jones Radio Butlin |
Max Levinrad AEM |
Mamie Menzies |
Brian |
With thanks to HAL BROOKS for the photo, and RON STANWAY for the names.
Our good friend Ron Stanway not only went to considerable trouble to supply the names, but went that step further and gave us additional information on some of the team members: GEOFF MITCHELL was an Accordionist. BILL GODDERIDGE was the resident Pianaist. JOHNNY LANCASTER was a multi-intrumentalist. DENNIS VENTON was the Camp Comic. CARL FORSTER and BRIAN WHITTLE were Canadian Ice Hockey Pro's, and ran the Roller Skating Rink. ALEC McGOWAN became an Ice Figure Skating Instructor and went to USA, where he became the coach to the USA Olympic Figure Skating team. One of his pupils became an Olympic Gold Medallist. He's been in the USA ever since and still teaches. BRIAN COXHEAD, the Boxing Instructor, was known in the boxing world as the 'Preston Farmer.' DAVE KESSELL became a Ballroom Dance Teacher, moved to San Diego, California, where he still teaches to this day. (2012) JOHNNY BALL went on to become a well-known TV presenter. |
SIXTY
YEARS after the above photo was taken, I was contacted by Peter
Forsyth. Peter lives in Australia, but had stumbled across the photo.
Remarkably, eighty year-old
Peter was one of the Redcoats during that 1960 season at Butlins
Pwllheli. I was further stunned when he sent me some
additional photos. And here they are for you to enjoy. A big
THANK YOU to Peter for sharing.
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Other BUTLINS PWLLHELI Redcoat Teams |
Row 6: 1 Geoff Mitchell (Accordionist) 2 Duncan Menzies 3 Ted Ravenhill 4 Brian Clark 5 Ted Hughes 6 Alan Masters 7?
Row 5: 1 Johnny Lancaster (Multi Instrumentalist) 2 Archie Baker 3 John Thorn 4 Derek Lawrence 5 Glenn Maken 6 Hal Brooks 7 Bill Godderidge
Row 4: 1 Ricky McCabe 2 Brian Coxhead (Boxing Intsr) 3 Carl Forster 4 John Shaw 5 Bob Anderson 6 ?
Row 3: Peter Forsyth, ? 2 ? 3 Brian Whittle 4 Harry Plimpton 5 Prof Davis 6 ? 7 Don Johnson 8 ? 9 ? 10 Alec McGowan 11 Alan Kehoe 12 Johnny Ball 13 Bill Williams
Row 2: 1 Margo Roberts 2 Rosemary Challenor 3 Shirley Merritt 4 ? 5 ? 6 ? 7 ? 8 Valerie Culham 9 ? 10 ? 11 ? 12 ? 13 ?
Row 1: 1 Dave Kessell (Chief Redcoat) 2 Terry Cox 3 David Simpson (AEM) 4 Sheila Boughton (Secretary) 5 Wally Piggott (DEM & Compere) 6 Deana Brooks (Childrens Ent) 7 Colin Johnson (Ents.Manager) 8 Dee Piggott 9 Ron Stanway (AEM) 9 Jackie Jones (Radio Butlin Supervisor) 10 Max Levinrad (AEM) 11 Mamie Menzies 12 Brian Merritt (Table Tennis Coach)