Peter Stewart
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Podcast Appearances
Cheers. Bye-bye. So, Sean, while I've got you and we're standing opposite where the majestic cinema was, so just clarify for us, we had two cinemas right next to each other.
Cheers. Bye-bye. So, Sean, while I've got you and we're standing opposite where the majestic cinema was, so just clarify for us, we had two cinemas right next to each other.
So how far back would the Majestic come?
So how far back would the Majestic come?
And you remember the cinema? You remember both of them, do you?
And you remember the cinema? You remember both of them, do you?
And yet it seems strange to me that as she was operating the Hippodrome, he was operating his businesses in East Anglia, and yet they were supposed to be so much in love. And to travel from here to East Anglia would have been quite a job.
And yet it seems strange to me that as she was operating the Hippodrome, he was operating his businesses in East Anglia, and yet they were supposed to be so much in love. And to travel from here to East Anglia would have been quite a job.
And yet before that, she seems a very... Not formidable, not so much capable. Well, she was a capable woman. She was a strong woman. A strong woman. She had lots of strings to her bow. She was a performer. She was a comedian.
And yet before that, she seems a very... Not formidable, not so much capable. Well, she was a capable woman. She was a strong woman. A strong woman. She had lots of strings to her bow. She was a performer. She was a comedian.
We don't know much about their career, do we, on the music hall? I've tried to do a bit of research and there's not much about what their act was, what they did, apart from that they did perform in pantomime. They were a musical kind of comedy act.
We don't know much about their career, do we, on the music hall? I've tried to do a bit of research and there's not much about what their act was, what they did, apart from that they did perform in pantomime. They were a musical kind of comedy act.
And she was probably giving work to some of her friends from previous years, who perhaps may be falling on hard times because of the cinema revolution.
And she was probably giving work to some of her friends from previous years, who perhaps may be falling on hard times because of the cinema revolution.
It's ironic, isn't it? Because, of course, now, 2024, Reichenbaum said, could do with having a theatre. Especially at Christmas, for live acts and so on. But that aside, tell me about then what the legacy of the Bancrofts is. Well, first of all, they didn't have children, did they? So what became of the Bancroft name and the estate and the property that they owned? Do we know?
It's ironic, isn't it? Because, of course, now, 2024, Reichenbaum said, could do with having a theatre. Especially at Christmas, for live acts and so on. But that aside, tell me about then what the legacy of the Bancrofts is. Well, first of all, they didn't have children, did they? So what became of the Bancroft name and the estate and the property that they owned? Do we know?
And it's funny now, isn't it, that the name Bancroft is kind of known. Everyone knows Bancroft Road and everyone perhaps is aware of Pool House and the car park and so on. And Bancroft Close is a new road here as well. People don't know, until now perhaps, so much about the actual family that gave their name to this area.
And it's funny now, isn't it, that the name Bancroft is kind of known. Everyone knows Bancroft Road and everyone perhaps is aware of Pool House and the car park and so on. And Bancroft Close is a new road here as well. People don't know, until now perhaps, so much about the actual family that gave their name to this area.
Do we know where he got the name Bancroft from, why he chose that name?
Do we know where he got the name Bancroft from, why he chose that name?