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FOR a generation of schoolkids, it was the reason they rushed home at lunchtime. To their parents and grandparents it was THE show to watch, and hundreds of people regularly queued around the block for seats. The One O’Clock Gang, broadcast on Scottish Television from its base at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, was a madcap sketch and song show which made stars of performers Larry Marshall, Dorothy Paul, Jimmy Nairn – father of chef Nick – and Charlie Sim. Radio Scotland hosted the Obe O Clock Gang after the STV show came to an end. AF2606faces one o clock gang. Pictured are Davie Kinnaird, Moyra Briody, Larry Marshall and Tommy Maxwell. Pic: Herald and Times ....
Remembering former city cinema s magical Fairyland By Contributor Published: 20:30, 23 December 2020 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day s newspaper He was the weaver of dreams, the man who made Christmas a colourful fantasy for parents and children alike. The year thatâs ebbing away is the 120th anniversary of the birth of Jimmy Nairn, who began working life in a shipyard in Govan before becoming a cinema projectionist. Next year will be the 80th anniversary of his appointment as manager at the Playhouse Cinema, which stood in Academy Street next to what is now the Filling Station restaurant. ....