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Blackpool Wonderful Blackpool By Donald Auty
Right - Variety Bill for The Palace Blackpool 1938 The down turn in touring
variety and revue caused by the advent
of television and many other factors took its toll on Jack. He refused
to let the quality of the shows go down and would not introduce nudes
as many other managers did into is shows. During the years 1954 to
1956 he lost a great deal Jack had a stroke in 1958 from which he never recovered. He died a financially ruined man a year later. He is still remembered by many older people as Mr Blackpool including me.
Above - Winter Gardens Floral Hall and Grand Pavilion Blackpool To see more images of the Winter Gardens from the 1938 Programme Click here... Arthur Lloyd is known to have performed at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool Oct 20 - 21st 1879
Left - Entrance to the Winter Gardens Pavilion Blackpool 2003 D.A. To see more images of the Winter Gardens from the 1938 Programme Click here...
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The
next season he presented 'Thanks For The Memory', a co production
with Don Ross. It starred legendary names from the 
of
money. In 1955 he went on a final holiday with Jimmy Brennan and they
decided to go to Hong Kong. Jack decided to have a suit made at one
of the twenty four hour tailors but decided to give the tailor three
days to make it in order to get a better fit. He went in to be measured
in the morning and the first fitting was due in the afternoon. He
and Jimmy - who was tall and thin, and Jack, short and fat, were sitting
in a restaurant opposite the tailors shop - noticed that the staff
changed shifts at lunchtime. So Jimmy went in to have Jack's fitting
in the afternoon and the Tailor was to say the least perplexed. This
continued over a period of three days by which time the poor tailors
were suicidal. I understand the suit was never completed.
George
and Alfred Black were big London Producers and were responsible for
the Tower Companies' shows for a period of twenty years after the
war. They were brothers and wonderful men who knew the theatre backwards.
The 
