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My Palace Theatre and other Memories Redditch Heritage

the Dairy, which he sold the sole rights to the great Max Miller who paid him the
sum of £4 and it became Maxie’s signature tune.

It was during this period that a very good looking young crooner topped a variety
bill his name was Alan Clive, he had recently made his first record which was on

sale in the window of Spencer’s music shop, which was a little distance up from
the theatre in Alcester Street, where you could be served by a very pleasant

manager named Elsie Griffin, on the one side of the record was the song
Confidentially and on the reverse side You’re Breaking My Heart, I clearly
remember on newspaper critic remarking “Confidentially Mr Clive, You’re

Breaking My Heart”

During Jack Luety’s tenure a café was introduced in a small room off the stairway
to the circle. It was run by Bert Maries, who had a sweet shop directly across

the road from where Rileys now stands.

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