... No wonder DAVE ALLEN is smiling-- he's Just been voted by the WATER RATS 'Show Business Personality of the Year'. The award was instituted in 1967 and Dave is the first recipient of the magniflcent trophy-- a silver rat mounted on an ebony plinth. ...

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... AMONG the distinguished guests at the 70th anniversary celebration party of the Concert Artists Association were, left to right: John Wade, Owen Brannigan, Georgie Wood, Nan Kenway, Jack Warner, Rowena Vincent (Secretary of the C.A.A.) and Cardew Robinson. ...

... Tenor Sean Glenn It half English-half Welsh with a name that's half Irish and half Scots. After a successful week In Sunderland he's taking Yorkshire clubs by storm. ...

... The world premiere of A Penny for a Song, the Richard Rodney Bennett opera, based on the John Whiting play, was given at Sadler's Wells this week, with Denis Dowling, John Fryatt, Harold Blackburn, Joan Davies, Emile Belcourt and Stafford Dean in the cast. Review on page 13. ...