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THE ARGYLE THEATRE OF VARIETIES, BIRKENHEAD
The Argyle Theatre of Varieties, Birkenhead, was opened in 1867. It was destroyed by Hitler's Luftwaffe on 21st September 1940. Apart from Lucan and McShane, many of yesteryear's stage and music stars performed there, including Stan Laurel, George Formby, Flanagan and Allen, Charlie Chaplin, and Harry Lauder. The Wirral Archives Theatrical Collection, houses a collection of about 570 playbills covering the years 1889-1931, but most complete for the years 1890-1915.
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"My father, who lived in the back steets of Dublin-(Moore Street mostly) was a close friend of, and worked with,
Arthur and Kitty at the Queen's Theatre in Dublin which was just round the corner from my father's home.
We lived in Liverpool in the 1920s and 30s and would pay a visit to Arthur and Kitty when they were playing at
the Liverpool Empire.
I remember that Arthur gave me half a crown , a huge amount for a 7 or 8 year old at the time. I used to call them
Uncle Arthur and Auntie Kitty. I think my father knew Kitty from early days in Dublin . He was born in 1893 in
Moore Street. I think that he worked with Kitty in theatre in the early days."
[Thanks to Eileen McGrane Morrison]
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