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PAGE 4 WESTERN DAILY PRESS, Thursday, October 20, 1966 ENTERTAINMENTS BRISTOL. HIPPODROME. Tel. 21091. 10--9 p.m.

Until 5th. 6.25 8.40 p.m. BLACK WHITE MINSTREL SHOW. Only Upper Circle left BRISTOL OLD VIC COMPANY THEATRE ROYAL Tonight at p.m. PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD by M.

Synge. Thur Sat. 7.45 p.m. Mat Sat. 3.0 p.m.

Nov. 9th-Dec. 3rd ROMEO JULIET Shakespeare. Now booking for Seasons. Box Office 10 a.m.

8 p.m. Tel. 24388. LITTLE THEATRE. Tel.

21182. Tonight at 7.45. LILY IN LITTLE INDIA 7.15. Thurs. Fri 7.45.

Sat. 3 and 7.45. Box Office Now booking for HINDLE WAKES. Opens 8 Nov. for 3 weeks.

RESTAURANT ODEON THEATRE Er.sto Tel 27926 THE SOUND OF MUSIC (U). Daily 2.30, 7.30. Sunday, 70. Seats bookable evenings, Wed. and Sat.

Matinees. Box Office open 10.30 a.m.-8 p.m. GAUMUNT THEATRE (Tel. 25882) and RES. TAURANT (Tel.

20926). BEAU GESTE (A) Technicolor. Starring Guy Stockwell, Doug McClure, Leslie Nielson, 12.55, 4.50. 8.40. Also Lana Turner as MADAME (A).

Technicolor, 2.40, 6.35. Doors open 12.35. BRISTOL ABC Doors open 1.15. Last show 6.55. Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, ASSAULT ON A QUEEN (U) (Technicolor).

1.40 5.05 8.30. Howard Keel, WACO (A) (Technicolor). 3.30. 6.55. KINGS BRISTOL Montgomery Wood, Fernando Sancho, A PISTOL FOR RINGO (A) (Technicolor).

1.40 5.10 8.45. Jean Marais, Lilo Pulver, IVORY COAST ADVENTURE (U) (Eastman Colour). 3.25 6.55. ABC BEDMINSTER BRISTOL Jane Powell, Howard Keel SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (U) Ansco Color, 1.5. 4.55.

8.50. Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr KING SOLOMON'S MINES (U) Technicolor, 2.50. 6.45. ORPHEUS, Henleaze. Op.

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at 2.15. (Complete programme at regular prices). REGAL Wells Tel. 3195 Tony Curtis, Natalle Wood Jack Lemmon in THE GREAT RACE (U) (7.6; Sat. Mat 3.46).

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BRISTOL Telephone 20080 LONDON OFFICES: Editorial 80 FLEET STREET, Tel FLEet Street 8671 Advertisements 110 FLEET STREET. E.C.A Tel. FLEet Street 8261, 8262 Searchlight the WEST PISTOLS BY THE STATE Strong words were spoken by Sir Patrick Hennessy at the preMotor Show dinner on Tuesday night. Sir Patrick, who IS president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, accused the Government of bringing chaos and havoc to the industry. Take off the State shackles, said Sir Patrick, and we will finish the job." He spoke, against a background of mounting unemployment in the car industry; of dwindling orders and fears for the future.

In the audience. replete with a repast provided by the motor industry, were Mr. Douglas Jay. President of the Board of Trade, and Mr. Stephen Swingler, the Transport Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary.

is well known to these West Country as Puppet Of Portbury; the plausible purveyor of platitudes whose basis is nendacity. The robbers He was, in fact, only underwriting Government policy on this project. On Tuesday night he was in. his usual role of Mrs. Castle's understudy, she being in America to give the traffic experts there the benefits of her long ten months of experience as Transport Minister.

It is a pity she was not at the motor dinner to hear Sir Patrick say, for example, how highway robbery is practised in 1966. It is legalised robbery, because the pistols are held by the Government. It extracts £1.000 million a year from road users, which is 11 per cent. of all national revenue. The money does not go towards building roads, of course.

Oh no. we can't afford that. Free aspirin and tonics come before the vital arteries of commerce. NO FIRES BY GAS The Gas Board has for Southernes sale this Reason: Delay in expanding new plants. The Cas Board manufacturers for delay in delivering new equipment.

Now can you imagine the petrol companies and the car manufacturers getting together and saying: We shall not sell any cars this winter, because there is a delay in new petrol installations. The manufacturers are late in supplying eccessary When a State enterprise- -no, you can't call it that- a State organisation falls down, it usually blames private manufacturers. The blame usually lies in late placing of the orders; in a lack of imaginative planning ahead. Fascinating The Southern Gas Board has not banned central heating installations. This is fascinating.

No one sells gas fires except the Gas Board. But three competitors sell central heating. Thus. where a State concern meets competition. it is forced to be competitive.

If the State nationalises the docks, as is their bureaucratic intent. great ports like Bristol will feel at once the dead hand of State laissez-faire. This must not happen. Grand Dance Night the Commodore Hotel KEWSTOKE, WESTON-SUPER-MARE, on FRIDAY. 21st OCTOBER, at 8 p.m.

Dance the music THE WESTONAIRES Admission at door. Special snack bar open MEET MISS TIE EMPAGE That's her on the right-18-year-old contests. She has danced her way round Germany and Belgium. In December she competes at Ostend. Sue put her first tutu on at the age of three.

That was for ballet lessons. "At eight 1 started modern dancing and eventually took up Latin American dancing. "I like that best as the music gives me a chance to express myself in rhythm," Sue told me. She won the West of England junior modern dancing championship six years ago. And two years ago she became the West Country representative in the national ballroom queen contest.

"That's enough about my dancing. Why don't you write about something else?" chirped in Susan Bryant, of Fishponds Road, Bristol. She is going to enjoy the role, for Sue's ambition is become top model. course, that means going to London, but it should be interesting, she said. "I want to model fashions that are smart.

I am not a mod. "I often make clothes including the two-piece wore at the contest because shops don't seem to have anything that suits me. "There is no wearing something the shops say is the 'in thing' just for the sake of being one of the gang. "Anyway, someone with conventional clothes would stand out in a crowd today," Sue said. She Plans, to start modelling course at the Alan Gair School, Park Street, Bristol, on Monday.

We will follow her progress; and Sue will model clothes for Teenpage Sue, a typist with a Bristol wine firm, likes camping and competing in Latin-American dance contests. by MAURICE FELLS THE GIRL THEY ADDRESS AS Alison May, aged 19, always wanted to be her own boss- -so she started a flat-agency business. "When I left school I went to a college at Fishponds. training it seemed like an extension of school, SO I said Alison, of Redland Road, Bristol. While I tried to decide about a career I worked in my mother's shop.

"I did not, want to do nursing or go into the forces, so I started a business with a small amount of capital. totted uphe profit. Naturally In first week I I was thrilled. "The flat agency trade and 1 is an easy one to master, after all, everyone wants somewhere to live. So I bought a desk, chair, typewriter, rented an attic in the heart of Bristol, and I was away." Landlords who climb four flights of Dickensian stairs to Alison's office which she decorated in days surprised to find in charge.

People often letters to me as she said. When I first business I thought would be trouble people who would to pay my fees. But I found ALISON MAY are a girl address 'Dear Sir'," started the there from not want that being polite even when pa people were rude to me If the dat agency is a success Alison hopes to open an employment agency in Exeter, her home town. it looks as though both will succeed for seems a thoroughly go-ahead business girl. TOP: TEN This Last This Last Week Week Week Week 1 1 Distant Drums, Jim 6 5 Have You Seen Your Reeves (RCA) Mother Baby, Stand.

2 10 Reach Out I'll Be ing In The Shadows? There, Four Tops Rolling Stones (Tamia Motown) (Decca) I Can't Control My- 7.8 Guantanamera, self, Troggs (Page Sandpipers (Pye One) Int.) 3 I'm A Boy, Who Winchester Cathed- (Reaction) ral, New Vaudeville Stop Stop Stop, HolBand (Fontana) lies (Parlophone) Bend It, Dave Dee, 10 7 You Can't Hurry Dozy, Beaky, Mick Love, Supremes and Tich (Fontana) (Tamia Motown) (New Musical Express Chart) DISC DIALOGUE Fool Am Cilla Black (Parlophone): Cilla is improving a lot; she's losing a lot of that nasal tone, her diction is excellent. This is going to be a very big record. I agree, though it seem, a bit unwilling to leave the climax alone once it's built up to it. That intro, with just a simple rocking figure on the strings, and Cilla's sad voice is very arresting. Clever lyric too.

Maybe score A. Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James Manfred Mann (Fontana): They brought a demo of this down to Bath the other week and we played it and got a very good reaction; though the new small voice sounds rather Herman to me. Sort of marching. looking over-its-shoulder beat, with a well-made chorus using flute and falsetto chorus to underline it.

Score B. Can't Make It Alone P. J. Proby (Liberty): This is P. J.

Proby sounding like the Righteous Brothers, and it's very, very good. A Sonnystyle backing with descending chimes and erupting small drums. P. J. sings very distant.

Score B. Cheryl's Going Home Adam Faith (Parlophone): Fast-moving number with neat-fingered guitar work and a ticka ticka beat. This was always a good song. Bob Lind wrote it and used it as B-side to his Elusive Butterfly; then the American girl group the Cascades used it as an A-side, but it got MUSICAL ENGAGEMENTS TUITION PIANIST or PIANIST 0 DRUMMER required for Saturday evenings. centrally situated social and sports club: friendly atmosphere Apply in writing Giving brief details of previous experience to Mr.

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Tel. Bristol 26962 Miss Teenpage, 18-year-old Susan Bryant from Bristol, pictured just the judges had given her the verdict. The black-and-red suit she wearing is one she made herself. Sue makes quite lot of her own clothes. because she finds it difficult to buy clothes to fit her properly.

Sue's prizes are modelling course the Alan Cair model schoolwhich will suit her fine, because her ambition is to be a professional model and made-to-measure dress from the Chic boutiquewhich will suit her too because she does find such difficulty buying read clothes. Teenagers will be seeing a lot more of Sue, because she is going to model clothes for us whenever want to show you an exciting style. Lucky girl -and lucky Teenpage THE LONG THIN BRIAN. KJONES COLUMN Three thousand fans in Bristol and Bath were thrilled with the Ike and Tina Turner review on Monday-but were the artistes fair to their fans? When the double date was arranged it had been agreed that the equipment would be set up on stage at the while Bristol Locarno Ballroom they used equipment at Bath Pavilion. This would enable them to come off at Bath Pavilion at 9 p.m.

and dash across to Bristol in time to appear 45 minutes later, However, at Bath they insisted on using their own equipment and it was not until 10.20 p.m. that they eventually appeared at the Locarno. There were of course a few disgruntled patrons, but those who waited saw a show acknowledged by all as being the finest to appear on either of the two stages. I was at Bath Pavilion and stood in awe at the brilliant, breathtaking performancethe big sound of the backing group. the guitar work of Ike Turner, the voices of Prince Albert and Jimmy Thomas, the vocal backing and dancing of the Ikettes and, last of all, the superb Tina Turner.

Everyone, but everyone, in the hall gave her a fantastic reception--funny thing was the number of girls wanting to go back-stage to meet her: The same girls who the week before had been in hysterics over the Glad to see the talented Beryl Marden is back in the business again as part of. the Shotgun Express, which has a record on release, I Could Feel The Whole World Turn Round, that could take off James and the Vagabonds with no hit records behind them, next week become the first group to be brought back to the Locarno Ballroom by public demand. Talent does count! My award for the strongest pop package of the year must certainly go to the tour that off this evening Gaumont Theatre, Taunton, Appearing are the Small Faces, Hollies, Paul and Barry Ryan, Nashville Teens and, making his solo debut, Paul Jones. Paul has been quoted as saying that he is happy, nervous and excited about the tour little unsure as to what kind of following he has now that he has left Manfred Mann. With his record in the charts this week Paul need have no more fears at this particularly important time in his career as a pop-cumfilm star.

I shall be looking in to see the show and suggest you try to do the same--a few tickets are still available for the first house. With alll those old buddies of mine together on one bill I should have some interesting stories for you next week. THE DAY BOND'S CREATOR WAS LICENSED TO KILL Ian Fleming, creator of was a man his efficient, ruthless have despised. For there was a time when effect, licensed to kill, and when the nerve to do it. It happened in 1941 when Fleming, personal assistant to the Intelligence, was in Oshawa, Canada.

He was there as the guest of Sir son, who represented British Intelligence Stephenson owned a farmhouse in Oshawa, on the shores of Lake Ontario. But it, was a far-fromordinary farm. For it was surrounded by a cluster of huts and outbuildings, and these housed the foremost It was part a plan Stephenson had worked out to ensure that the new American Secret Service did not lack the right men. The school was very like that fantastic one in From Russia With Love. The staff were all specialists.

The firearms instructor and the unarmed combat expert had learned their specialities in the Shanghai police. Some of the teachers of safe breach lock-picking had Suspense, excitement, romance these things fascinated him. And so one of the high spots of his early life was when, in some unexplained way, he was sent to Moscow by Reuter to cover a very special trial. It was 1933. Six British engineers were on trial, accused of sabotage, espionage and bribery.

Here Fleming, a very green reporter competing with the top journalists of many nations, showed that if he had plenty to learn as training school for sabotage and subversion in the life, full New World. of excitement. James Bond, hero would Fleming was, in he simply hadn't Commander Ian Director of Naval IAN FLEMING William Stephenin America. IAN FLEMING ROBERT IRELAND reviews THE LIFE OF IAN FLEMING by John Pearson, published today (Jonathan Cape, 36s) completely at home. "Why not." he suggested.

"send a cruiser into the Heligoland Bight of danger and Fleming's fantasy was Fleming was told: that door, draw fast and shoot straight. It will be your life or his." picked up their trade on a the wrong side of the law. a But the school's most unusual asset was an expoliceman with an incredible qualification. If he was fired at from a range of five yards he could dodge the bullet. At the end of the course the pupils faced a stiff practical test.

They were given the name of a cheap downtown hotel in Toronto, a room number. They were told a dangerous enemy agent lived there. They were told to kill him. The enemy agent was, of course, the bulletdodging American. The idea was that when the trainee had kicked open the door and fired at him he would grin, explain who he was, would-be and congratulate the killer on his ruthlessness.

It seems rather a bizarre way to earn a living, but apparently the victim enjoyed it. Fleming, who had volunteered to go through the ally course had just to for take fun, then naturtest. He was given a police .38 revolver, which he loaded himself. Stephenson told him: Open that door, draw fast and shoot straight. It will be your life or his." Several instructors were watching through a peephole.

as Fleming arrived at the hotel. He got as far as the appropriate landing, and he waited there a long time. Then he went away. He apologised about his failure afterwards. You know," he said, "I just couldn't open that door.

couldn't kill a man that way." There can be no doubt that Fleming regarded this as a a a a a a a a personal failure. He longed to lead a Bond-like WINING and DINING The Bell House HOTEL AND RESTAURANT Sutton Benger nr. Chippenham Reservations Tel. Seagry 336 This telephone number aDpears under John W. Stratton in the Bristol Area Telephone Directory.

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Inexplicably, he chose into a firm of chant bankers in the London, and two with an extremely powerful transmitter beamed to the German Navy's wavelength? could keep up torrent of abuse, challenging the German naval commanders by name to come out and do something, about sailor it." likes to be accused of cowardice, and Germans always particularly touchy." But nothing came of the idea. At the end of the war Fleming went to a conference in Jamaica. He was SO charmed by the island that he decided to settle there. of A friend bought part of the old donkey race track at Oracabessa for him and Goldeneye, the house that was to become more famous than any other in Jamaica, was built. Fleming then joined Kemsley Newspapers as Foreign Manager.

It seemed a golden job. was His salary was generous, and he had stipulated that he must have two months' that holiday a year to spend at Goldeneye. But he was irked by he petty restrictions. At Kemsley House there It's seemed to be a perpetual that economy drive which thwarted his ambition to create the best foreign news service in the business. the There were plenty of 25 personal animosittes too, for Fleming was on firstEast name terms with Lord an Kemsley, signed his own expenses.

had twice as much holiday as anyone mer- the building, had City hardly, any experience of years journalism he must Miss Teenpage. "I like camping; spent two weeks in Italy this summer. It was marvellous. can't find time from that follow I to any other More news later about our run enjoying their prizes. SECOND was Tanya Bridgman, of Shirehampton, Bristol; THIRD Rosalinda Cook, of Tyne Bishopston, Bristol, 'and FOURTH Catherine Headley of Ilminster, Somerset.

If you were not placed with us, the judges please don't! be angry had a difficult job to select, four finalists. girls from All the finalists looked radiant at the judging last Friday. It was a pity they couldn't all win. But we shall be sending them all a couple of funny little dolls for their dressing tables. The dolls are shown in the little pictures.

And to all the finalists I so enjoyed meeting on Friday I say: Better luck next time. For next year Sue will vacate her Miss Teenpage title and we shall have to start the search again, See you next year, girls? THE GROSVENOR HOTEL Where businessmen go to make business go better Company Meetings Sales Conventions Trade Conferences Press Receptions Exhibitions Film Showings Fashion Parades Demonstrations Club Meetings Receptions Weddings Dinners Banquets Lunches Cocktail Parties. AMPLE PARKING SPACE VICTORIA STREET BRISTOL 1 Tel 27607 THE Through James Bond, Fleming had experienced the excitement he craved. But it had been too much for his heart. Who.

nowhere. Not strong enough for hit material. Score C. Society's Child. Janis Ian (Verve): You expect this to be dim folk; but it's really quite clever commercial record, with an odd harpsichord intro and an A Girl Like You beat.

Janis uses all the tricks, double tracking, suddenly wandering off leaving the beat floating in mid-air for a middle section; but it peters out at the end. Score and look forward to hearing her next. Sinatra At The Sands (Reprise): This superb double album beggars criticism. So does Frank's opening remark of the live show: "How do all these people get about the room?" The sleeve is lavish and Technicolor, the disc labels bear a picture as well as caption, and the whole includes just about every great thing he has done -from A Very Good Year to the greatest songs for swinging lovers like Fly Me To The Moon, You Make Me Feel So Young, Got You Under My Skin. The backing, by the way is by Count Basie's band, and as a tribute from one great artist to another Frank lets them do instrumentals of some numbers he has himself made hits with, like Makin' Whoopee and All Of Me.

Score nine out of 10 The Musicians' Union cordially invites ALL BEAT GROUP MUSICIANS 10 SPECIAL MEETING THE VICTORIA ROOMS: WHITELADIES BRISTOL on MONDAY, 24th OCTOBER, 1966 commencing at 7.30 p.m. This is a meeting for musicians only Managers and Agents will not be admitted. later he became a junior partner in one of the world's biggest stockbroking firms. Then war came, and he went on reference from the Governor of the Bank of England- straight into Naval Intelligence as personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiral Godfrey, He rapidly rose to the rank of Commander. He was in his element.

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They all told him the same thing: Cut smoking and drinking, and take things easy. He took no notice. And then, after almost a lifetime of philandering, he got married, and wrote Casino Royale just like that, with no warning and no preparation. The book earned £325 8s. and he began to think he was a failure as a writer.

In 1959 he had a bad heart attack. As he grew weaker, the success of James Bond snowballed. Film rights, paperback rights the. money started pouring in. He bought houses and cars as he wanted.

But ironically, success had come too late. Fleming was weak, and must have known he had not long to live. In those last days friend asked whether he was enjoying his fame. suppose it was all right for a bit," he said. It was nice being known in restaurants and having people take notice of me.

But now- ashes, old boy, just ashes." On August 11, 1964, he died. Only five months before he had sold his interest in his books for £100,000. Success, through the fantasy world which meant SO much to him, had come too late. Through James Bond had experienced the excitement and nearness to danger which he craved. But trying to live like Bond had been too much or his heart.

It was ironic that when Fleming was licensed to dared not. But when he licensed Bond to kill, Bond turned on him, and destroyed the man who had created him..