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In May 1945, the Old Vic were appearing in Manchester with a variety of plays as well as their traditional Shakespeare. My parents decide that I, as a 12 year old schoolboy ought to be exposed to some culture. So on the night that the war in Europe ended we went to the Manchester Opera House to see Peer Ghynt with Ralph Richardson as Peer and Lawrence Olivier in the tiny part of the button maker.
I enjoyed the show and have loved the music ever since. On the way home walking back to Oxford Road station for the train we had to pass through Albert Square. At 9.30 it was heaving. A mass of people singing and dancing, most of them well lubricated! I was fascinated and wanted to stay and watch all these grown ups being incredibly childish, but Dad dragged us off and away feeling that what was likely to happen was perhaps not suitable for my delicate ears and eyes! And in those days Dads word was law and no 12 year old would dare to assert him or herself!

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