Poppys grandfather, one of the Pender Troupe being lifted by an unknown other
Photo courtesy of Poppy, his granddaughter - sent via Rosie Jones
Photo courtesy of Poppy, his granddaughter - sent via Rosie Jones
Will Compo (Power) one of the Pender Troupe
Photo courtesy of Rosie Jones
Photo courtesy of Rosie Jones
Courtesy of Alison Pickersgill
A set of Stork Leg stilts as used in the show.
Photo courtesy of Rosie Jones
Photo courtesy of Rosie Jones
Wood Green Empire December 1926
(Photo courtesy Linda Ayling)
(Photo courtesy Linda Ayling)
Wood Green Empire December 1926
(Photo courtesy Linda Ayling)
(Photo courtesy Linda Ayling)
Wood Green Empire December 1926
(Photo courtesy Linda Ayling)
(Photo courtesy Linda Ayling)
Left to right: Tom Pender(?), Alex or Alan(?), Maggie Pender (Lomas), Bob Pender (seated), Will Power (Will Compo) [Rosie's grandfather].
The written initials were inscribed by Rosie's mother.
Photograph is sometime between 1884 and 1911 based on the photographer.
Annotation on the back by Rosie's mother:- Aunt Maggie was Columbine at Drury Lane, Uncle Bob was clown, Father was Harlequin, sometimes the Policeman or the baker's man.
(Courtesy: Rosie Jones)
The whole troupe on stage, probably in Liverpool.
Olive Hart (nee Watts) presenting, John Henry Hart on tallest stilts.
Photo courtesy of Victor Watts
Photo courtesy of Victor Watts
Penders in Bristol
Photocourtesy of Mike Salter
Photocourtesy of Mike Salter
Programme from Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - Date unknown
(Photo courtesy Rosie Jones)
(Photo courtesy Rosie Jones)
Programme from Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - Date unknown
(Photo courtesy Rosie Jones)
(Photo courtesy Rosie Jones)
Programme from Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - Date unknown
(Photo courtesy Rosie Jones)
(Photo courtesy Rosie Jones)
Programme from Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - Date unknown
(Photo courtesy Rosie Jones)
(Photo courtesy Rosie Jones)
The Bob Pender troupe
Undated but must be between 1918 and 1921 (Archie Leach joined the troupe in 1918 and left in 1921)
1. Bob Pender (Robert Lomas)
2. Margaret (Maggie) Lomas (nee Bowman)
3. Doris Lomas
4. Harry Hart [Married Olive Watts and were both in the troupe. Grandparents of Victor Watts]
5. Leslie Brooks
6. Cary Grant (Archie Leach)
Photo Courtesy of Paul Townsend at www.gertlushonline.co.uk
Thanks to Diane Hatwell and Vanessa Emerson for identifying people.
Can anyone identify any of the others?
Undated but must be between 1918 and 1921 (Archie Leach joined the troupe in 1918 and left in 1921)
1. Bob Pender (Robert Lomas)
2. Margaret (Maggie) Lomas (nee Bowman)
3. Doris Lomas
4. Harry Hart [Married Olive Watts and were both in the troupe. Grandparents of Victor Watts]
5. Leslie Brooks
6. Cary Grant (Archie Leach)
Photo Courtesy of Paul Townsend at www.gertlushonline.co.uk
Thanks to Diane Hatwell and Vanessa Emerson for identifying people.
Can anyone identify any of the others?
Bob Pender's Company
undated
Cutting courtesy of Mike Salter
undated
Cutting courtesy of Mike Salter
Olive Hart nee Watts, 2nd wife of Henry John (Jack) Hart
Photo courtesy of Victor Watts, her grandson and Poppy (her granddaughter) via Rosie Jones
Photo courtesy of Victor Watts, her grandson and Poppy (her granddaughter) via Rosie Jones
Olive Hart nee Watts, 2nd wife of Henry John (Jack) Hart
Photo courtesy of Victor Watts, her grandson and Poppy (her granddaughter) via Rosie Jones
Photo courtesy of Victor Watts, her grandson and Poppy (her granddaughter) via Rosie Jones
Photo courtesy of Alyson Pickersgill
Joe Baker in Pender Costume
Photo courtesy of Jezz Baker
Joe Baker in Navy uniform with daughter Madelaine
1916
Photo courtesy of Jezz Baker
1916
Photo courtesy of Jezz Baker
Cutting from the Sun newspaper.
(Photo courtesy Rosie Jones)
Applied to the Sun for permission to reprint here but they never answered
(Photo courtesy Rosie Jones)
Applied to the Sun for permission to reprint here but they never answered
Bob Pender as 'Clown'
Photo courtesy of Pat Palmer
Photo courtesy of Pat Palmer
Bert Ayling as Harlequin - Date unknown
Photo courtesy of Linda Ayling
Photo courtesy of Linda Ayling
Bert Ayling as Harlequin - Date unknown
Photo courtesy of Linda Ayling
Photo courtesy of Linda Ayling
A young Bert Ayling - Date unknown
Photo courtesy of Linda Ayling
Photo courtesy of Linda Ayling
From a presentation of Mother Goose - Bob Pender is the Goose
Photo courtesy of Rob Sinton
Photo courtesy of Rob Sinton
Pender Troupe appearing in the Harlequinade at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the first decade of the 20th century.
Will Compo ( Power) is the sergeant, the nurse is Maggie Lomas. Bob Pender is the clown.
Photo courtesy of Rosie Jones and the Manders & Mitchinson Collection Pender Troupe
Will Compo ( Power) is the sergeant, the nurse is Maggie Lomas. Bob Pender is the clown.
Photo courtesy of Rosie Jones and the Manders & Mitchinson Collection Pender Troupe
This poster is from The Newport Empire - March 1900.
Many thanks to Tim Trounce for this image.
Tim runs a theatrical archive in Newport, South Wales
Many thanks to Tim Trounce for this image.
Tim runs a theatrical archive in Newport, South Wales
Possibly Doris Wilhelmina Lomas (Bob Pender's daughter and John Henry Hart's first wife)
Photo courtesy of Victor Watts
Photo courtesy of Victor Watts
Review in Bristol Evening Post
Courtesy of Mile Salter
Courtesy of Mile Salter
The Penders
Courtesy of Mike Salter
Courtesy of Mike Salter
The Penders
Courtesy of Mike Salter
Courtesy of Mike Salter
The Penders
Courtesy of Mike Salter
Courtesy of Mike Salter
