LETTER: Memories of ‘the Gods’ at Burnley’s Empire Theatre
The event was the final evening of the Burnley Music and Drama Festival, when the cups were handed out. How I longed to win a large, shining cup! I had previously won silver medals for elocution but the sight of all the lovely, glistening cups and Rose Bowl made my mouth water.
I did win a cup later at the Methodist Festival and, naturally, I was delighted - but where to put it and who would clean it? The cup has long since gone but I still have my medals, which I still wear with pride.
There is a moral here somewhere. “Thou shalt not covet.”
Kathleen Riley
Burnley