Ronnie Mills' orchestra at The Marina
Ronnie Mills & his band, c1951
Great Yarmouth Museums
Programme for Ronnie Mills & his band, 1951 (cover pages)
Great Yarmouth Museums
Programme for Ronnie Mills & his band, 1951 (inner pages)
Great Yarmouth Museums
Photos of the band and the 1951 programme
By Paul Douch
The outdoor Marina Theatre opened in 1937. It seated up to 4,000 people. Does anyone know if Ronnie Mills and his orchestra/ band or Neville Bishop and his Wolves used to play to full houses?
The programme illustrated here not only names a lot of the performers and promoters involved but also - through the adverts - gives an idea of some of the other events happening in the town in 1951.
By the 1970s the best days of seaside entertainment were past and The Marina was pulled down, to be replaced in 1981 by the Marina Leisure Centre.