Curtain call for panto actors
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on September 11, 2008
IT was nearly curtains for a panto being staged to fundraise for Upwell village hall when the principal boy dropped out.
The show is the brainchild of village hall committee member Chris Gibson, who said: “The girl who was to play Aladdin dropped out and so did a couple more and I thought it was curtains.
Upwell’s [...]
Red tape brings curtain down on Russian theatres
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on August 3, 2008
They’ve toured across the globe, played the Albert Hall, and collaborated with some of the biggest names in classical music. The Helikon Opera has a reputation as the most exciting and innovative opera company in Russia. But catch one of their performances in Moscow, and you might be forgiven for thinking you’d walked into a [...]
Pudsey singer to bring curtain down at Leeds City Varieties
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on May 15, 2008
Pudsey’s Lawrie Briggs has played Leeds City Varieties so often she is almost part of its fixtures and fittings.
Now the popular performer says she is proud to be singing at the former music hall for one last time before its multi-million pound refurbishment.
Her Varieties history dates back more than 20 years to when she appeared [...]
Housing 21 signs PPP care home contract with Walsall
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 20, 2008
Related ItemsWigan project launched Cheshire care homes get go ahead Queen opens Windsor care home Care Homes unprepared for new corporate manslaughter legislation Housing 21 plans Derby extra care Wirral extra care scheme opens Maidstone Extra care apartments-work begins Housing 21 wins Cheshire care contract Care homes could be sold in Leicestershire Twickenham care home [...]
‘Ambitious PiLON’
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 7, 2008
PiLON might be a sub-contractor, but it acts and thinks like a main contractor. Thats because it aspires to become one - and this bold newcomer sees a dedication to customer service as the key to unlocking that goal.
Theres nothing like making a good impression, and thats exactly what relative newcomer PiLON is determined to [...]
Making the most of Manchester
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on March 14, 2008
Like so many organisations, a commitment to %26lsquo;excellence is a prominent feature of its corporate vision. Well, anyone can make a claim, but on the ground, Northern Counties Housing Association (NCHA) is proving that it can walk as well as talk
The festive period brought added cheer for some residents in Stillwater Drive, east Manchester, for [...]
on yer bike!
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on January 18, 2008
When a young child told Doncaster man Jim Tierney he didnt have a bike it set Jim off on an award winning journey.
Jim, who lives in Denaby, South Yorkshire, and is chairman of the Craganour Tenants and Residents Association (TARA), collected bits of old bikes to make one for this child.
It all started about [...]
Safer and superior access solutions for home builders
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on January 12, 2008
For home builders, balancing safety responsibility with the need for high productivity at manageable cost has never been greater. This is especially true when working at height is involved. For safe, innovative, total access solutions, many organisations are turning to market leader SGB.
Whatever the scale or demands of the housing development, the unrivalled product [...]
Strata forges ahead in the Midlands
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on January 12, 2008
When Midlands Housing last caught up with Strata, it was very much a newcomer to the Midlands scene, despite having very much established itself in and around South Yorkshire. With homes now completed and sold, in the region, however, its no longer hard to find physical evidence of the companys Midlands march.
Originally created in 1919 [...]
Coliseum lifts curtain on its ï¿¡41m revamp
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on December 15, 2007
With a revolving globe lit up above Trafalgar Square and an auditorium so kitsch that to call it overblown would be understatement, the Coliseum in London reopened on Saturday after a ï¿¡41 million restoration.
The opera house, which first opened in 1904, was designed by the prolific British theatre architect Frank Matcham as an Edwardian folly [...]