Title
Memories of the fire at the Little Theatre, Leicester
Subject
Leisure
Description
John Graham talks about the fire at the Little Theatre, Leicester
Creator
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Source
EMOHA ref 948, Lo/303/254
Publisher
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Date
1940s-1960s
Rights
You may use this item in accordance with the licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Oral history
Original Format
Audio
Duration
02:29
Bit Rate/Frequency
156kbps
Transcription
John Graham: It was April in 1955, and during the evening the gentlemen were responsible for starting the fire had secretly (15s)… in the theatre where he stayed until it been locked up. Then …(30s).. He got himself at very great difficulty … the factory next door where he was seen …46s
My wife and I got telephone call the next morning because we were … members and … 1:08s….
And we went down the locals we are poor as everybody else…1:08s…This was the end of the theatre. As it happened, … a new beginning fortunately… nowadays you can’t compare these.. some money. And it turned out that we had to have a new completely new stage and fly ….. the dressing room was rebuilt. Many repairs to the dance … part. And this came to about 40000 pounds and of course it terms like where everybody is around, the music society …2.17s local business all kinds of people and the members responded very generously. And I think we raise the extra 10000 that was needed to build an even better theatre than we had before
My wife and I got telephone call the next morning because we were … members and … 1:08s….
And we went down the locals we are poor as everybody else…1:08s…This was the end of the theatre. As it happened, … a new beginning fortunately… nowadays you can’t compare these.. some money. And it turned out that we had to have a new completely new stage and fly ….. the dressing room was rebuilt. Many repairs to the dance … part. And this came to about 40000 pounds and of course it terms like where everybody is around, the music society …2.17s local business all kinds of people and the members responded very generously. And I think we raise the extra 10000 that was needed to build an even better theatre than we had before
Interviewer
L Lee
Interviewee
John Graham
Location
Leicester
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