I was only 10 years old at the time but I will always have fond memories of rehearsing backstage, making new friends, being a baby duck (I was in the Red Team) on Mrs McDonald’s farm, the baked bean tin tree and the Giant. The Giant actually gave me a fright, because he came out and took a bow on the last night, he was huge!!

I still have Jack's rocket plans and the Giants money bag with a coin inside which was kindly given to me. I also have a very worn and well read script with some autographs on it, a photo of David Learner who played Jack with the five others in my team and an enlarged black and white photo of our team in our costumes minus heads.

Everybody was so friendly, you knew you were there to work but had the most fun and amazing time doing it!! My mum helped chaperone as I know lots of other mums did. But my mum had to tell John Halstead one night that I had performed the whole show in front of the family, doing everybody’s part word for word and song for song. Sufficed to say, he was extremely impressed and couldn't quite believe it!!

I would really like to thank the theatre for the great ten weeks that I had during Pantomime in 1982.

Tina Penson, formerly Einchcomb
16.5.2003