Archive Search Page

Mr and Mrs M. Hudson (Pirate King and the Mikado), their seven-year-old daughter Carol, dressed as a fairy, and teenagers Ann Blakley and Ann Walker.

A Party with a difference was a night at the opera, when Burnley Gilbert and Sullivan Society held its Christmas party at Ebenezer schoolrooms. Members arrived for the fancy-dress competition colourfully attired as characters from "The Mikado," "The Yeomen of the Guard," "The Pirates of Penzance" and other favourites.

Power cuts limited the attendance somewhat, and the winners of the ladies' and men's sections, respectively, were Audrey Whitaker, as Lady Jane, and David Preston, who went as Little Buttercup.