Festive Collection

John Inman gets fitted for his role in Mother Goose at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool. 17th December 1982

Ken Dodd with his Diddymen after after switching on the Christmas lights in the centre of Liverpool. 26th November 1970

Pantomime at Liverpool Empire Theatre. Getting together for rehearsals at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, are (left to right), Georgina Moon (Sleeping Beauty), Barbara New (Tea Lady)

Arthur Askey and Dickie Henderson appear in Cinderella at the Birmingham Hippodrome. 3rd January 1973

John Inman a cast member of Are you being served pictured during the shooting of their Christmas show. 6th December 1976. John Inman Molly Sugden

Patti Tootell, Mike Newman and Helene Hunt, appearing at the Liverpool Empire in Jack and the Beanstalk. December 1979

A new Christmas panto is to go on tour this year, called "Once Upon a Fairy Tale
A new Christmas panto is to go on tour this year, called " Once Upon a Fairy Tale. Appearing are L-R Marty Wilde, Heinz Burt and Jess Conrad, holding Lulu. 18th December 1964

Charlton Athletic footballer Johnny Summers, who just scored five goals in one game in the spectacular fightback from 6-1 down to 7-6 winners against Huddersfield

Danish disco dancer Sis Pedersen displayed rather more of herself than planned as she limbered up for the world disco dancing championship to be held in London December 1979

Comedians Syd Little and Eddie Large with their glamorous Aladdin, Patsy Ann Scott, on a ride across the stage at Liverpools Empire Theatre as rehearsals begin for what promises to be a record

Clacton lifeboat with crew on its way to Barrow Deep lightship with Christmas gifts. 23rd December 1950

Penelope Keith filming the Christmas episode of "To the Manor Born"
Penelope Keith filming the Christmas episode of " To the Manor Born". 17th December 1979

Davy Jones with girls from the show, Jack and the Beanstalk, at the Liverpool Empire. December 1979

The three stars of the Dick Whittington panto at the Liverpool Empire reading through their script on the first day of rehearsals in the auditorium

Carol service by miners 600 ft down. An accordion play and miners voices are raised in the singing of Christmas Carols. Wath Main Colliery, near Mexborough, South Yorkshire. 23rd December 1966

An Avro Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft of the Royal Air Force zooms low over a British weather ship 550 miles out in the Atlantic ocean

Comedian and singer Ken Dodd has been signed for a new series of London Palladium shows at a record fee to begin in the summer of 1967

The Christmas card scene in Clayton Square, Liverpool after yesterdays snowfall. 31st December 1962

Christmas lights being switched on, Broad Street Mall, Reading. 14th November 1998

Putting a sparkle into Christmas... a beaming Joseph and Mary, otherwise four-year-olds Christopher Sykes and Sarah Hunter (front)

Skelton Junior School in dress rehearsals for the Snow Queen production. 5th December 1994

Widow Twankey never looked so sweet! Huddersfield-born actor Keith Noble is aiming to add a bit of sugar and spice to is performances in a Christmas pantomime - by dressing up as a Nuttalls Mintoe

Christmas lights Stratford in Birmingham. 20th December 1993

Barnstaple High Street, Barnstaple, North Devon. 9th January 1966

Children singing Christmas carols with a hanging lantern and more children in fancy dress singing out the window. 1956

British rock group The Animals. Back Row left to right: John Steel, Eric Burdon and Hilton Valentine. Front row: Dave Rowberry and Chas Chandler. 1st December 1965

The cast of Cinderella at the Birmingham Hippodrome, including Des O Connor as Buttons, Jodie Wilson as Cinderella and Ian Smith as Baron Hardup. 19th December 1991

Longwood Scouting jubilee cook off at St Marks Parish Church, guides preparing popcorn and pancakes. 10th December 1985

Martin Hales (boy) spots that the Emperor is not wearing any clothes (Richard Wolfenden Brown) and alerts other cast members, left Peter Rylands, Catherine Thornborrow

Billingham Forum Panto Dame Peter Dayson takes to the stage. 6th January 1993

A gang of 20 youths have mugged a 61 year old santa Claus who was bringing christmas joy to the lives of Cleveland children, 13th December 1988

Father Christmas sitting in his chair waiting for his next visitor, in his Grotto in Teesside. 10th December 1977

Stephen Lewis actor a. k. a. Inspector Cyril "Blakey"
Stephen Lewis actor a.k.a. Inspector Cyril " Blakey" Blake in the LWT sitcom On the Buses, was the star attraction at a party held for eighty under priviledged children in Woodford, Essex

George Best and Eva Haraldsted the Danish model and one time girl friend of Best, briefly reunited for a rehearsal for a childrens charity Christmas show in Manchester December 1969

Father Christmas and his reindeer greets Concorde upon its arrival at Rovaniemi In Finnish Lapland December 1993 © Mirrorpix

Mrs Vera Killick, thirty-one-year old mother of three children (ages 4-8) and wife of Trooper Harry Killick, wartime tank driver and former insurance agent

The Barry lifeboat speeds away from Barry docks on its annual trip to take Christmas food to the crew of the Trinity House Breaksea Lightship. 23rd December 1969

The Mayor of Barry (Alderman Ewart Morgan) and the Mayoress of Barry (Miss Eileen Morgan), with members of the Barry Branch of the British Sailors Society leave on a lifeboat on a Christmas visit to

The Mayor of Barry (Alderman C. T. Price) and local members of the British Sailors Society
The Mayor of Barry (Alderman C.T. Price) and local members of the British Sailors Society paid their annual Christmas visit to the men on board the Breaksea lightship in mid Bristol channel today

The Barry lifeboat RNLB Rachel and Mary Evans on her way back home after failing to land her passengers on the Breaksea lightship for the annual carol service. 23rd December 1966

Oldham comics Cannon and Ball rehearse their Christmas show, December 1987. For MEN Media Titles

Wounded servicemen enjoy a Christmas meal and party held for them by nurses, carers and staff at a war hospital in England during the Second World War. 25th December 1945

Sergeant H. Clinker of Bexleyheath, and his gun crew, eat their Christmas dinner around their gun. The sit amid the rubble

Edward Bakewell (extreme right, front row) of 8 Hart Street, Reading and Stanley Goodman (back row, cross) of 153 Elm Park Road

British troops stationed in the western Desert, North Africa, design their own Christmas cards to sent back to their loved ones back in Britain and elsewhere over the festive period

British troops at a forward position in the Burmese jungle, celebrate Christmas with tinned plum pudding an extra rations of beer and cigarettes

German civilians stand and stare in awe, heads bowed as they watch Palm Sunday services being conducted by Army Chaplain for tank infantrymen

Santa Claus at a party for policemens children at the Knowsley Safari Park, pictured with baby elephant Opel. 23rd December 1974

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