Junior Talent Contest '82, June 1982

“Our 1982 Junior Talent Contest reaches its Grand Finals on Sunday 6 June, when compere Jack Mayes (assisted by his wife Mavis) will be introducing the best acts selected from the heats in May. The Len Simms Trio will be on hand, as ever, to provide musical backing for the young participants, and while the judges retire to consider their verdicts there’s to be caberet from one of Britain’s most original acts for many years: Pop-On and Pop-Off, best described as miming magical clowns, will keep you in stitches! The judges themselves, landed with the unenviable task of having to choose between all the keen young hopefuls, will include the Mayor and Mayoress of Stevenage, and professional entertainers Arthur Adolf (better know to the children as Clown Smartie Artie) and Michael Abrahams”.

All seats £1.30 (c: 65p)