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Any good stories about the city varieties??

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Peaches Page nude swinging on a swing behind a curtain. I was only 17 in those days and thought it erotic

I went a couple of times to the City Varieties when I was in my late teens. I recall watching the strippers, who were interspersed with a comic telling mainly blue jokes. IIRC one night the comic was none other than Jimmy Tarbuck at the start of his career. The other story is of my 10 year old cousin taken by her (Methodist) aunt to see Sooty - except it was the wrong week I've seen John Shuttleworth there a couple of times (he's in Morley next month btw) but the last time I went past it still seemed to be closed. Have they run out of money?

Trojan wrote: I went a couple of times to the City Varieties when I was in my late teens. I recall watching the strippers, who were interspersed with a comic telling mainly blue jokes. IIRC one night the comic was none other than Jimmy Tarbuck at the start of his career. The other story is of my 10 year old cousin taken by her (Methodist) aunt to see Sooty - except it was the wrong week I've seen John Shuttleworth there a couple of times (he's in Morley next month btw) but the last time I went past it still seemed to be closed. Have they run out of money? They need to get a wriggle on getting the place re-opened. The dearth of live entertainment coming to Leeds at the moment is beyond ridiculous.Looking at the weekend listings in the papers for artistes and comedians touring the country and playing considerably smaller towns up and down the country whilst missing Leeds out completely should be a source of severe embarrassment to the city fathers.The Grand, who used to attract acts of the calibre of Peter Kay and the like seem to have given up completely now they've got the ballet and the opera...

newtoleeds wrote: Any good stories about the city varieties?? Yes.I think the message from my good friends here is along the lines of search and yee shall find.

I have seen acts of the calibre of Peter Kaye on the telly whilst changing channels. Unfortunately I don't have a cannon large enough.........