November 1963
Patience
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Vestry Hall
Chorus of Officers of Dragoon Guards
Shows and concerts
Every show and concert for which something survives in his papers — a programme, a poster, a ticket, an order of service. Seventy-four of them, from a chorus part at Cranbrook in 1963 to a Christmas concert at Tenterden in the late nineties. The covers he kept come first, then the whole list.
The programmes
The programmes he kept, in the order he sang them — from his first at Cranbrook in 1963 to a Victorian evening at Goudhurst twenty-five years later. He sang with societies at Cranbrook, Battle, Bexhill and Hastings.
Every show we have paper for
1960s
January 1965
Free As Air
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society
Tom Ferrier, a boatman — his first singing role, marked as such in his own hand
November 1965
Trial by Jury and H.M.S. Pinafore
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Vestry Hall
The Defendant; a Sailor
November 1966
Rose Marie
Hastleons
Chorus
April 1967
Call Me Madam
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Vestry Hall
Cosmo Constantine, and Business Manager of the society
November 1967
The Merry Widow
Hastleons, White Rock Pavilion, Hastings
Camille, Count de Rosillon
April 1968
Hastings Musical Festival
Hastings Musical Festival
Tenor vocal solo
April 1968
Ruddigore
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Vestry Hall
Robin Oakapple
June 1968
Merrie England and Trial by Jury, in concert
Battle Light Opera Group, Memorial Hall, Battle
The Defendant
May 1969
Bless the Bride
Bexhill Light Opera and Dramatic Society, De La Warr Pavilion
Pierre, with Sally as Suzanne
November 1969
The Gondoliers
Hastleons
Luiz
December 1969
H.M.S. Pinafore
Battle Light Opera Group, Battle Memorial Hall
In the cast
1970s
about 1970
A Victorian Music Hall
Kent Children's House Society and the Police Seaside Home
Artiste, with Sally
October 1970
Grand Variety Concert
Ninfield Memorial Hall, for the NSPCC
Duets with Sally
January 1971
Bexhill Festival of Drama
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
Tenor soloist with Battle Light Opera Group, Gems from Gilbert and Sullivan
May 1971
The Merry Widow
Bexhill Light Opera and Dramatic Society, De La Warr Pavilion
Danilo, Count Danilovitsch, with Sally as Valencienne
September 1971
The Gondoliers
Battle Light Opera Group, Battle Memorial Hall
Marco Palmieri
January 1972
Cranbrook Blind Club Concert
Congregational Church Hall, Cranbrook
Singer, with Sally
March 1972
A Viennese Evening
Battle Light Opera Group
Soloist, with Sally
May 1972
Bitter Sweet
Bexhill Light Opera and Dramatic Society, De La Warr Pavilion
Carl Linden
September 1972
The Mayor's Charity Concert
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
Tenor soloist, with Sally
November 1972
The Gipsy Baron
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Vestry Hall
Gentlemen's Chorus, with Sally in the cast
January 1973
A Gilbert and Sullivan Evening at Lauriston
A private house
Singer, with Sally
October 1973
Choral Concert, St Peter's, Bohemia
Hastings and St Leonards Choral Society
Tenor soloist
November 1973
The Sorcerer
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Vestry Hall
Alexis Pointdextre
December 1974
Orpheus in the Underworld
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Vestry Hall
Gentlemen's Chorus
about 1975
Charity Concert for Hawkhurst Cottage Hospital
The Kingsland Singers
Tenor soloist, with Sally
December 1975
The Wizard of Oz
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Vestry Hall
The Cowardly Lion
1976
Cowardy Custard
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queens Hall Theatre
Gentlemen of the Company, with Sally in the Ladies
June 1976
An Evening with Gilbert and Sullivan
Battle Light Opera Group, Battle Memorial Hall
Soloist
July 1976
The Yeomen of the Guard
Cranbrook School Summer Festival
Wilfred Shadbolt, with Sally as Phoebe Meryll
December 1976
The Mikado
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society
Nanki-Poo
June 1977
A wedding at St Dunstan's, Cranbrook
St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook
Soloist at the signing of the register
November 1977
The Merry Widow
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queen's Hall
Camille, Count de Rosillon, and Chairman of the society
February 1978
An Old Tyme Music Hall
Hawkhurst Cottage Hospital League of Friends, Queen's Hall
Artiste — Sally organised the evening
April 1978
An Italian Straw Hat
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queen's Hall
Achille de Rosalba, and Chairman
November 1978
Pickwick
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queens Hall
In the cast
November 1979
La Vie Parisienne
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queen's Hall
Bobinet, with Sally as Pauline, and Chairman
1980s
1980
60 Glorious Years
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Diamond Jubilee revue
Soloist
July 1980
Old Time Music Hall
Cranbrook Festival
Artiste, with duets with Sally
November 1980
My Fair Lady
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queen's Hall
Colonel Pickering, and Chairman
January 1981
A Christmas Variety Showtime
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society
The Company
January 1982
Get Up That Chimney
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society with the Cranbrook and District Orchestra
The Whale
January 1982
A Burns Night Celebration
Hawkhurst Cottage Hospital League of Friends
Soloist — Scotland the Brave, My Love is like a Red Red Rose
November 1982
The King and I
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queens Hall
Priests, Slaves and Guards, with Sally as Tuptim, and Giles and Trixie as royal children
November 1982
Songs from the Shows, with John Heddle Nash
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queen's Hall Theatre
Tenor, and a duet with Sally
July 1983
Cox and Box, and Trial by Jury
Cranbrook School Summer Festival
Box, and Edwin the Defendant, with Sally as Counsel for the Plaintiff
November 1983
Die Fledermaus
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queens Hall
Alfred, an opera singer, and Chairman
November 1983
South Pacific
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queens Hall
Emile de Becque, with Giles as Jerome
June 1984
Music in Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral
Soloist
February 1985
Annual Service on Election Day
Worshipful Company of Horners, St James Garlickhythe
Soloist — The Holy City
February 1985
Concert for Brass and Voice
Cranbrook Town Band with the Operatic Society
Singer
November 1985
The Gondoliers
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queens Hall
Marco Palmieri, and Chairman
March 1986
Concert for Brass and Voice
Cranbrook Town Band with the Operatic Society, for the Scout hut
Singer
October 1986
A Victorian Music Hall
Victorian Productions, with the Cowbridge society in Wales
Artiste
November 1986
Show Boat
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queens Hall
Gentlemen's Chorus, and Chairman
March 1987
Great Northern Lodge of Instruction Dinner
A masonic dinner
Reply to the toast to the guests
May 1987
Borough of Tunbridge Wells Civic Dinner
The Mayor's civic dinner
Cabaret, with the Operatic Society
October 1987
Merrie England
Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society, Queen's Hall
The Tailor, and Chairman, with Giles as a Herald
January 1988
Cranbrook Women's Institute, 70th birthday
Cranbrook Women's Institute
Provided the entertainment
February 1988
Charity Concert for the Cranbrook Church Roof Appeal
Cranbrook
An Evening of Irving Berlin
July 1988
A Victorian Evening
NSPCC Goudhurst Branch, Tattlebury House
Billed as the Caruso of Cranbrook
October 1988
Old Time Music Hall
Iden Green Tennis Club, Benenden Village Hall
Billed as the Caruso of Cranbrook
November 1988
Old Time Music Hall
Victorian Productions, for Cancer Relief
Billed as the Caruso of Cranbrook
1988
Robinson Crusoe
Lamberhurst Pantomime Society
Captain Perkins, with Giles in the chorus
November 1989
Une Soirée Française
For Cancer Relief
Performer
1990s
May 1990
The Gondoliers
Stonegate Choral Society
Luiz
1990
A music hall evening
Chatham
Duets with Sally
June 1991
Old Tyme Music Hall
Kentish Opera, Orpington Civic Hall
Performer
May 1992
Merrie England, in concert
Bexhill Choral Society
Tenor soloist — Sir Walter Raleigh
September 1992
The Mayor's Command Performance
Assembly Hall, Royal Tunbridge Wells
With the Operatic Society
March 1993
Variety at the Royal Vic
Royal Victoria Hall, Southborough
In the audience, watching Giles sing
April 1993
Devotional Service for Good Friday
All Saints, Ulcombe
Soloist
about 1997
Children in Need Christmas Concert
Cranbrook Town Band and Homewood School Choir, Tenterden
Guest soloist