I have. When I was a teenager, I was a member of summer theatre schools and one year we entered the Houghton Feast (a big deal in the North East) float competition, we got most professional float - not surprising really, the theatre concerned was The Empire Theatre in Sunderland ... our only professional one.
That Christmas, we repeated it and escorted Windsor Davies and Don Estelle (and Santa) round to Joplings (Sunderland's own 'upmarket' department store) to promote the pantomime that year, which was Cinderella .. we all got free tickets for that and other shows (Dad wouldn't let me go to see 'Fur Coat and No Knickers' for some reason)
In case you're wondering, I was an ugly sister on the float.
2007-11-10
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