The Scrapbook - Early Community Centre Years 1964 - 1990
TADS staged plays at the Town Hall for many years but moved to the Victory Hall when it was built after WW II.
The wooden Victory Hall was replaced by the present (but as yet unextended) Community Centre in 1963.
Consequently, no plays were staged between November 1962 and September 1964.
Acknowledgements
Much of the following material was scanned from the Society's scrapbook which has been kept by Linda Bennett and further scripts
and programmes were loaned to Peter Willis
by Margaret Dean (nee Hughes) who appeared in many productions during the 1950s.
"The Chiltern Hundreds" was staged in April 1978 in the Community Centre and tickets cost 50p.
One member of that cast is still acting today (2019) although (according to the Chronicle) he was then known as George.
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1980 - 1970 - see the modern Scrapbook - or the Victory Hall Years 1949 - 1963 - see the Early History in the Town Hall
| November 1990 - When We Are Married - by J B Priestley Directed by Hugh Melluish        |
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March 1990 - Hound of the Baskervilles - adapted by Tim Kelly |
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| November 1989 - Hobson's Choice - by Harold Brighouse Directed by George Billington     |
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March 1989 - Post Horn Gallop - by Derek Benfield |
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| November 1988 - Relative Values - by Noel Coward Directed by Colin Piper    |
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| March 1988 - The Ghost Train - by Arnold Ridley Directed by Terry Healey                |
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| November 1987 - Christmas Carol - adapted by Brian Way from Dickens Directed by Phyl Billington              |
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| March 1987 - Wanted One Body - by Raymond Dyer Directed by Jan & James Blackford   |
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| November 1986 - Deadwood Dick - by Tom Taggart Directed by George Billington         |
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| March 1986 - Cat Among the Pigeons - by Duncan Greenwood Directed by Colin Piper          |
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Cat Among the Pigeons in rehearsal       |
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| November 1985 - The Pay-Off - by William Fairchild Directed by Roger and Jane Malvern      |
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| March 1985 - Here We Come Gathering - Philip King & Anthony Armstrong Directed by Rik and Linda Bennett    |
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| November 1984 - The Restless Evil - by Charlotte Hastings Directed by George Billington    |
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| March 1984 - Wild Horses - by Ben Travers Directed by Jan Blackford       |
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November 1983 - Murder at the Vicarage - by Agatha Christie |
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| March 1983 - Happiest Days of Your Life - by John Dighton Directed by Phyl Billington      |
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| November 1982 - Toad of Toad Hall - adapted by A A Milne From Kenneth Grahame's book & Directed by James Blackford   
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| March 1982 - The Paragon - by Michael Pertwee Directed by Colin Piper    |
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| November 1981 - Shock Tactics - by John Dole Directed by George Billington       |
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| April 1981 - Present Laughter - by Noel Coward Directed by James Blackford      |
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| November 1980 - Night Must Fall - by Emlyn Williams Directed by Kathy Scott      |
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March 1980 - I'll Get My Man - by Philip King |
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| November 1979 - They Came To A City - by J B Priestley Directed by George Billington    |
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| March 1979 - Tomb With A View - by Norman Robbens Directed by Joan Edwards & Steven Mercer    |
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| November 1978 - Surprise Package - by Duncan Greenwood & Derek Parkes Directed by James Blackford     |
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April 1978 - The Chiltern Hundreds - by William Douglas Home |
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| December 1977 - Mother's Day & One More Or Less - Two one-act plays -   |
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| March/April 1977 - The Sound Of Murder - by W Fairchild..... - With Bunbury Players - Directed by David Martin      |
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November 1976 - The End Of The Honeymoon - by Sam Bate........- With Bunbury Players - |
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| March 1975 - Beauty And The Beast - a pantomine by Trudy West Produced by Sam Moss   |
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| January 1974 - The Dream House - by Philip King & Falkland L Cary Produced by Stanley Meredith   |
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1973 - Little Red Riding Hood - Produced by Hedley Ashby   |
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1972 - Sleeping Beauty
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1971 - Aladdin
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1969 - The Camel's Back - by Arnold Helsby  |
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November 1968 - The Bride Came Back
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March 1968 - Every Other Evening
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1967 - Open Verdict
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November 1966 - Dead Loss - by Wilfred Massey & Julian Brend   |
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March 1966 - Manor Of Northstead - by William Douglas Home   |
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November 1965 - Laughter In The Dark - by Victor Lucas  |
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| March 1965 - Who Lies There - by Philip Johnson Produced by Stanley Meredith   |
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| November 1964 ? - Wife Required |
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| September 1964 - Cat Among The Pigeons - by Duncan Greenwood Produced by Hector Hemmings.............. - - - - - - - - First play in the Community Centre - - - - - - - -   |
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| The Community Centre under construction in 1963 | |
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Tarporley Motors stands where the Spar is today. |
| The Victory Hall . . . . . . as it was in the early 1950s | |
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The Hall is to the left of the tennis courts which have now been replaced
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