Remember When .... The Alhambra's new Five Past Eight show, 1955
IT was general election night, May 26, 1955. Forty-five days after taking over from Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden returned the Conservatives to victory with an increased majority. At Glasgow’s Alhambra Theatre, though, the management had something else on their minds: the launch of a brand-new Five Past Eight show. Jack Radcliffe and Jimmy Logan headed the bill, alongside actress Olga Gwynne, Kenneth McKellar, and a “stupendous supporting cast”. The “fast-moving song, dance and laughter show”, presented by Stewart Cruikshank, had Geraldo as the musical director for t...