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18-398: The charity was founded by Raymond Mackender and Gerald Glover in 1963. The Society President is Su Pollard . The Society's patrons are Sir John Major , Michael Grade , Lady Anne Dodd , Sir Cliff Richard , Alan Titchmarsh , Alison Titchmarsh , Jools Holland and Gary Wilmot . Previous patrons included Des O'Connor , Sir Ken Dodd and Val Doonican . The society was created following

36-765: A shorthand typist and began singing in working men's clubs and charity shows. Following an apprenticeship at the Arts Theatre in Nottingham, Pollard appeared on Opportunity Knocks in 1974, singing " I Cain't Say No " from Oklahoma! , and came second to a singing Jack Russell . She went on to direct the musicals The Desert Song and Rose-Marie with John Hanson, starred in the Cameron Mackintosh West End production of Godspell , played opposite Jack Wild in Big Sin City at

54-683: A BBC Radio 2 sitcom about an engaged-to-be-married couple. From 1995 to 1997 she played Ethel Schumann in another David Croft sitcom Oh, Doctor Beeching! From 1989 to 1990, her distinctive voice voiced the lead character in the BBC children's television series Penny Crayon . More recently, Pollard made a guest appearance in Gimme Gimme Gimme in 2001 and voiced Noisy in Little Robots . In 2001, she presented Songs of Praise three times. She has made four appearances on Just

72-625: A Minute , and also regularly appears in pantomimes and other stage shows, including Annie and The Pirates of Penzance . In 2008, Pollard starred in the musical Shout! alongside Claire Sweeney . From April 2009, Pollard appeared in the London transfer of Shout! at the Arts Theatre . In December 2010, Pollard had a guest role in the Christmas special of ITV's hit show Benidorm , playing herself. In December 2011, Pollard appeared as

90-1101: A guest on BBC One 's Strictly Come Dancing . In the 2012 movie Run For Your Wife she had a cameo role as a shopkeeper. She starred in Who's Doing the Dishes? in September 2016. In 2018 she appeared in ITV's Last Laugh in Vegas . In pantomime, Pollard appears mainly as the Wicked Queen in Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs , appearing in recent years at Sunderland , Blackpool , Tunbridge Wells , Aylesbury and Malvern . In 2019, Pollard starred as Queen Rat in Dick Whittington in Wolverhampton , alongside her Hi-de-Hi! co star Jeffrey Holland . Pollard

108-449: Is most known for her role in the sitcom Hi-de-Hi! She also appeared in the sitcoms You Rang, M'Lord? and Oh, Doctor Beeching! Pollard has appeared in over 35 stage plays and musicals, as well as over 40 pantomimes. As a singer, she scored a UK Singles Chart number two hit with the song Starting Together in 1986, and also released an album, Su . She has written two books, Hearts and Showers and Sensible Slimming . Pollard

126-700: The BBC Television 'fly-on-the-wall' documentary series The Marriage . It was her only Top 40 hit; her first single, "Come To Me (I Am Woman)", had reached No. 71 in 1985 and her only charting album, Su , peaked at No. 86 in the UK Albums Chart in November 1986. In 1987, she toured the UK with The Sue Pollard Show and co-hosted It's a Royal Knockout . She starred in the stage production of Hi De Hi! - The Holiday Musical , along with almost all of

144-426: The "Festival of Music Hall" was organised by the society and the then Variety Artistes' Federation on 2 November 1963 to celebrate the centenary of McDonald's Music Hall (now Hoxton Hall ). In December 1963, the first edition of the society's journal, The Call Boy , was published. The Journal continues as a quarterly publication, free to society members. The first of what was to become a regular monthly meeting of

162-483: The 1980 documentary short The Great British Striptease , which was compered by Bernard Manning in Blackpool . Pollard's first comedy role was in a BBC series screened in 1979 entitled Two Up, Two Down , in which she played a hippy named Flo. Paul Nicholas played her partner, Jimmy, both of whom were squatting in the house of a nice middle-class couple. It only lasted for one series, but then later that year came

180-583: The Roundhouse, toured in the musical Grease in a company that also included Tracey Ullman , appeared with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Hugh Paddick in the farce Not Now, Darling , won a role in Andrew Sachs 's play Philately Will Get You Nowhere and appeared at the Mermaid Theatre in a celebration of the music of Cole Porter , titled Oh Mr. Porter! She also appeared as the hostess in

198-775: The cast from the television series, played sell out seasons in Bournemouth, London and Blackpool. In 1985 she played Sally in the West End production of Me And My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre which she appeared in for over a year. Then came roles in a national tour of Rodgers and Hart's Babes In Arms playing Bonny Byrun opposite Matthew Kelly, and the title role in Sweet Charity at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing . Shortly after Hi-de-Hi! had ended,

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216-580: The demise and demolition of The Metropolitan Theatre , Edgware Road and other music halls in the early 1960s, coupled with Mackender and Glover's awareness that this period of performing history was being forgotten. Mackender put a series of advertisements in The Stage appealing for items of music hall interest 'for safekeeping....' Out of this emerged the British Music Hall Society ("BMHS") An Exhibition and Variety Show, known as

234-506: The personal items of many artistes including Marie Lloyd , Little Tich , Max Miller , Florrie Forde , Ida Barr , Hetty King and Harry Tate . They also hold a sound archive. The society is a member of the Association of Performing Arts Collections (APAC). Su Pollard Susan Georgina " Su " Pollard (born 7 November 1949) is a British actress, singer, songwriter and author whose career has spanned over 50 years. Pollard

252-537: The pilot programme for a new BBC comedy written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft set in a holiday camp. Pollard landed the role of chalet maid Peggy Ollerenshaw in Hi-de-Hi! She continued in this role until the programme's end in 1988. During the run of Hi-de-Hi! Pollard also had a singing career, and in 1986, she reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart with the song "Starting Together", the theme song from

270-754: The society took place on 7 January 1964 at the Garrick Hotel, Charing Cross Road , London, with Ada Reeve as the guest of honour. In 2013, the society celebrated their 50th anniversary with a Festival of Music Hall (and Variety) at Wilton's Music Hall , Whitechapel , London. Since 2014, the society has held an annual one-day event, Day by the Sea at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre , Eastbourne , featuring comedy, music, discussion and film footage. The society holds an extensive archive with photographs, posters, sheet music, playbills, programmes and

288-652: The writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry chose Pollard to star as Ivy Teasdale in their new sitcom You Rang, M'Lord? , which starred her Hi-de-Ho! co-stars Paul Shane and Jeffrey Holland . This period sitcom ran from 1988 to 1993. In 1993, she won the " Rear of the Year " award. In 1990, she hosted the short-lived ITV game show Take the Plunge , which was cancelled after one season. From 1998 until 1995, Pollard starred opposite Gorden Kaye in For Better or for Worse ,

306-596: Was born in Nottingham , the eldest daughter of Don and Hilda Pollard. Her interest in acting began at the age of six when she played an angel in a school nativity play. She attended Berridge Road School ( Hyson Green ) and Peveril Bilateral School, Robin's Wood Road (now Nottingham Girls' Academy ). After leaving school at the age of 16, she got a job at the Tennant Rubber Company in Carlton as

324-567: Was one of a group of seven celebrities that entered in Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal , a BBC Two series on a pilgrimage to Fátima , Portugal . Pollard was married to Peter Keogh from 1984 to 1992. In 2014, Keogh published his memoir, My Hi-de-High Life: Before, During and After Su Pollard . Pollard is a supporter of Nottingham Forest football club. Opportunity Knocks (British TV series) Too Many Requests If you report this error to

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