NextBackOver a period of many years the theatre had many managers but the Palace was actually owned by Teddy Wilkinson, a milkman, know for his frugal habits, he lived in St Georges Road and in his spare time manufactured lead fishing weights in his kitchen. I got to know Ted well over the years and he was a small unassuming figure who was always present somewhere in the background either ripping tickets or showing folks to their seats. These managers were either employees or lessees from Ted.
As most handbills and posters do not have dates it is impossible to recall events in the correct sequence but I recall an event during one period when the manager was having financial problems, to put it bluntly he was getting his money mixed up with the owners, I will not identify him for obvious reasons.
It was a Sunday night concert presented by a well known band leader Vernon Adcock, many Redditch folk will remember him because he was, for many years, the resident band at the Winter Gardens at Weston-
