... Joyce Grenfell for John Murray publishers. Did any readers, or their parents, work with her or see her perform during the Second World War, either in revues or for ENSA? Janie Hampton 80 Temple Road Oxford 0X4 2EZ e-mail:ham pton.oxforcMiWial.pipex.com ...

... Nelson Jnr? His father Billy Nelson had a comedy act together with Dougie Wakefield, which may have started before the Second World War. This information is sup plied by a cousin of mine in America, who himself was the property master on the Lucy Show and ...

... ENSA lookout At the moment I am studying for a degree in History and have an interest in entertain ment during the Second World War. I should be very grateful if any readers could provide me with information concern ing ENSA for example, rel evant reading ...

... Movie Ray days Does anybody have any information about Phil Ray? He appeared in British films before and during the Second World War, including one or two early Alfred Hitchcock films. I believe his father, also called Phil Ray, was popular in the music ...

... reference to your obituary of the actress Wynne Clark which states she was married 'six times before the outbreak of the Second World War', surely this should read 'for six months'? You also give her late husband's name as Brook Easton but I understand her ...

... to establish whether or not there were repertory companies, changing their productions on a weekly basis, before the Second World War. I was myself engaged as a scenic artist with a number of companies during the fifties. I should be pleased to hear from ...

... String, talks about Mr Ottaway's mind-boggling conclusion that the Communists were on the side of the Nazis in the Second World War. Indeed they were from 1939' 1941. If he will consult any history of that war. he will see that a Nazi- Communist Pact ...

... WORLD WAR II SONGS SIR, I am writing a book about the popular songs of the Second World War, the singers who sang them and the bands that played them. I should be very grateful to hear of any memories of this period amusing, dramatic, happy which would ...

... his wife Beryl is still alive and, if she is, where I could contact her. We were good friends but lost touch during the Second World War years when I married Reg Hinton and went into variety with him. Before she married Stan, I knew her as Beryl Simmonds ...

... matter: A Fool and He Knows It) he was a pre-war concert party, variety and pantomime artist and toured with ENSA in the Second World War. Post-war, he worked in revue, his last known engagement being either Fun and Dames or Fig Leaves and Apple Sauce. Some ...

... War Years SIR, I am writing a book about civilian life during the second world war and should be most grateful for your readers' reminis cences about the ways in which the war affected their professional lives, for example through the black-out, new hours ...

... a period of enforced rest I am trying to gather as much information as possible on any theatrical activities inside Second World War Prisoner of war camps, in order to compile what I believe could be a fascinating book. I would therefore be extremely ...