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'PLEASURE ON PARADE'

on BBC Home Service Basic

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Presented by Frank A. Terry with Phil Strickland , George Baines , Anne Veme , Mary Genn , James O'Neill , Edna Green , Len Astor ,
John Barr , Claud Branston
In the old days Frank A. Terry was with Catlin's Pierrots, making people laugh at Colwyn Bay and Scar-borough. The last war came and saw Terry in the Army. He won corporal's stripes, qualified as a P.T. instructor, and, with another corporal, won a El prize for singing ' When Paderewski Plays' on Clarence Pier at Southsea.
Demobilised, Frank Terry returned to Catlin's Pierrots, started on his own with a show called ' The Optimists ', formed his own concert party, ' The Super-Optimists' in 1922, and played the summer at Colwyn Bay. Nine years later he was lessee of the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton, and first gave to the public his concert party which has won fame as ' Pleasure on Parade '.

Contributors

Presented By:
Frank A. Terry
Unknown:
Phil Strickland
Unknown:
George Baines
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Anne Veme
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Mary Genn
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James O'Neill
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Edna Green
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Len Astor
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John Barr
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Claud Branston
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Frank A. Terry
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Clarence Pier
Unknown:
Frank Terry

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