MANCUNIAN EVENTS

The Cuthbert Club

Apart from holding film events several times a year and generating funds to keep this HOTUN website going, the Cuthbert Club has so far achieved two goals to keep the memory of FRANK RANDLE alive: the design and installation of Frank Randle's plaque on Blackpool's North Pier (2007)and the refurbishment of his gravestone (2010) as well as the following Cuthbert Club activities:

PAST CUTHBERT CLUB EVENTS

Thursday 20 December - Cuthbert Club Xmas Party with Shorts, Old Charlie and 'Somewhere in Camp'. A fantastic time was had by all!! CLICK for Poster pdf download

7 July 2012 - Cuthbert Club's Sixth FRANK RANDLE DAY in Blackpool - see the 'RANDLESTOCK' photos here

MONDAY 2nd APRIL 2012 -April Fool Spesh!
A restored 'School For Randle' was shown at the Castle on Oldham Street - Class was full and Tony 2 our Resident Photographer did a splendid Before and After shot to demonstrate the efficacious effect of a Cuthbert Club night out!! See LINK

MONDAY 5th DECEMBER 2011 - Cuthbert Club Xmas Cracker: A restored Home Sweet Home was shown at the Castle on Oldham Street - it was a splendid Hotun of a neet See LINK

TUESDAY 29th MARCH 2011 - Cuthbert Club Special (LINK): Somewhere in camp shown at the Castle on Oldham Street to commemorate the life and contribution to the Mancunian Studio story of Arthur Goulding.

WEDNESDAY 14th APRIL 2010 at 2pm - ROOTS AND ROUTES: School for Randle + Shorts galore! Eccles and District Society, Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust Heritage Centre, Alexandra Road, Eccles, M30 7HJ - a grand opening with the mighty Wurlitzer appearing out of the floor, played by one of the many enthusiasts who keep the Centre going - fantastic!.

SUNDAY 21st MARCH 2010 at 2pm - Cuthbert Club SCREENING: School for Randle + Shorts galore! The Albert Club, 39-41 Old Lansdowne Road, West Didsbury, M20 2PA

Friday, 19th February 2010 - As part of SHOWZAM! Cuthbert showed THREE Frank Randle movies in the fantastic Winter Gardens, Blackpool - he also presented his Mancunian talk and there was a lively q/a with Mike Blakeley afterwards - it was a great event for all!

Sunday 27th September 2009- Cuthbert gave a Mancunian Film talk and hosted a screening of OVER THE GARDEN WALL at the ALBERT CLUB in West Didsbury as part of the Didsbury Arts Festival - 18.00hrs and it was a grand do - a great time was had by all (see picture opposite)

11 July 2009 - the Cuthbert Club Funtime Memorial Day was a fantastic success - as usual!

4th/5th June 2009 - AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMEDY - at the University of Salford - organised by Cuthbert CP Lee and club-member Andy Willis

Saturday 21st March 2009- THE MANCHESTER HISTORIES FESTIVAL at Manchester Town Hall - 11.45 am CP Lee presents an illustrated talk on THE MANCUNIAN STUDIOS

Tuesday 27th January 2009 - Cuthbert hosted a Mancunian Films screening of HOME SWEEET HOME and showed his old shorts as usual - a great event at the Unicorn Inn, Manchester

FRANK RANDLE BLUE PLAQUE DAY 2007 - pictures here (click)

On Saturday July 5th 2008 Cuthbert Club members from Oswaldtwistle to Fuengirola, Brighton to Jersey made the trip to Blackpool's North Pier to pay tribute to our Frank and to toast the Cuthbert Club's plaque once again.

FRANK RANDLE REMEMBRANCE DAY 2008 - pictures here (click)

Monday 8th December 2008 - Leyland Historical Society Cuthbert presented Comedy Roots and Routes - Mancunian and Beyond at the Leyland Historical Society.

5TH/6TH June 2008 - FUNNY PEOPLE THESE FOREIGNERS - AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMEDY - held at the University of Salford and organised by Cuthbert and club-member Andy Willis.

Monday 7th April 2008 - Leyland Historical Society Cuthbert presented a feast of a Mancunian Films Programme for the Leyland Historical Society at the South Ribble Banqueting Suite, West Paddock, Leyland, Lancashire PR25 1DH Click for a map to the venue We hear from the Society's organiser Peter Houghton that Leyland has a good connection with our Frank as he was a visitor when in summer season in Blackpool. It seems that Dr Cank, a local GP was an old friend and would invite him over here for a tour of the local pubs. Frank would return the favour when a member of the Blackpool cast fell ill - Dr Cank would leave his practice in Leyland and look after the sick cast member as well as take his place in the cast until he was well enough to continue. And what of the poor patients of Leyland during these stints? I wonder if we shall ever know?!!

On Sunday 25th Nov 2007 the Salford Film Festival Mancunian Films Programme was presented by Cuthbert and everyone enjoyed a screening of SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT IN THAT BOX? - Regional Comedy and Identity on British Screens - A Two-Day Conference was held at the University of Salford on 31st May / 1st June 2007. Guest speakers: Andy Medhurst, Richard Dacre

14th March 2007 - A wonderful turnout for our Dr CP Lee who presented: The Mancunian Film Company at the Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust, Heritage Centre, Alexandra Road, Eccles. 7.30 pm . It were a Hot'un and a reet good do bah gum! (Arranged by the Eccles and District History Society - please visit their website for details - http://www.edhs.colsal.org.uk)

Saturday 3rd March 2007 - BBC2's Comedy Map featured Frank Randle via Keith Clifford and Cuthbert in Blackpool. Hurrah! www.bbc.co.uk/comedymap

Saturday 17th February 2007 - BBC2's Comedy Map featured the Mancunian Films Studios at 9.05 pm. And so it should! www.bbc.co.uk/comedymap

13 November 2006 - National Film Theatre, South Bank, London - Cuthbert and Mike Blakeley were hosts to an evening of Mancunian Movies entitled ''Projecting the Archive" where more than 100 people came to bathe in Mancunian's Cinematic splendour!

Photo Gallery of Cuthbert Club events - BIG thanks to our resident Cuthbert Snapster Tony Wright (Tony 2)

Wednesday 24th January 2007

Saturday afternoon -21 October 2006 - Manchester Comedy Festival - at the Comedy Store, 3 & 4 Deansgate Locks, Whitworth St, M1 5LH - as part of the Festival, CUTHBERT will be presenting a matinee show at the Comedy Store entitled Mancunian Movie Memories . It will be an afternoon for you to find out more about the Mancunian Film Company ... as the publicity says - "CP Lee takes you on a trip back in time to discover the roots of Northern Comedy. From 1925 to the 1960s the Mancunian Film Company produced dozens of Comedy films, many from their Studio in Rusholme. The Studio’s stars included George Formby, Les Dawson’s favourite Norman Evans, Tessie O’Shea and the manically brilliant Frank Randle (who would stalk through Manchester with a pistol in one hand and a bottle of whisky in the other!). Writer and broadcaster, CP, will talk about the Studio and its Stars and show an avalanche of clips from the movies in a special two-hour matinee session."

Sunday afternoon -22 October 2006 - Manchester Comedy Festival - at the Comedy Store, 3 & 4 Deansgate Locks, Whitworth St, M1 5LH - CUTHBERT will be presenting another matinee show - Can You Hear Me Mother - CUTHBERT gets together "a fun afternoon of Comedy, Person and Place … Cockney Wideboys … Cheeky Geordies … Gormless Northerners – Where do the Comedy stereotypes come from and how true are they? This Comedy Festival Panel brings together professionals and practitioners to discuss ideas of place and humour - past and present."

Weekend 15 April 2011, a visit to Derry and the Josef Locke Memorial outside the City Hotel. (photos: Thomas Jackson, Szigeti Quartet)

THE SEVENTH GREAT FRANK RANDLE DAY - SATURDAY 27th JULY 2013 CLICK HERE to see the six previous years' HOTUN Frank Randle Day events!

The Cuthbert Club Apart from holding film events several times a year and generating funds to keep this HOTUN website going, the Cuthbert Club has so far achieved two goals to keep the memory of FRANK RANDLE alive: the design and installation of Frank Randle's plaque on Blackpool's North Pier (2007)and the refurbishment of his gravestone (2010) as well as the following Cuthbert Club activities: PAST CUTHBERT CLUB EVENTS Thursday 20 December - Cuthbert Club Xmas Party with Shorts, Old Charlie and 'Somewhere in Camp'. A fantastic time was had by all!! CLICK for Poster pdf download 7 July 2012 - Cuthbert Club's Sixth FRANK RANDLE DAY in Blackpool - see the 'RANDLESTOCK' photos here MONDAY 2nd APRIL 2012 -April Fool Spesh! A restored 'School For Randle' was shown at the Castle on Oldham Street - Class was full and Tony 2 our Resident Photographer did a splendid Before and After shot to demonstrate the efficacious effect of a Cuthbert Club night out!! See LINK MONDAY 5th DECEMBER 2011 - Cuthbert Club Xmas Cracker: A restored Home Sweet Home was shown at the Castle on Oldham Street - it was a splendid Hotun of a neet See LINK TUESDAY 29th MARCH 2011 - Cuthbert Club Special (LINK): Somewhere in camp shown at the Castle on Oldham Street to commemorate the life and contribution to the Mancunian Studio story of Arthur Goulding. WEDNESDAY 14th APRIL 2010 at 2pm - ROOTS AND ROUTES: School for Randle + Shorts galore! Eccles and District Society, Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust Heritage Centre, Alexandra Road, Eccles, M30 7HJ - a grand opening with the mighty Wurlitzer appearing out of the floor, played by one of the many enthusiasts who keep the Centre going - fantastic!. SUNDAY 21st MARCH 2010 at 2pm - Cuthbert Club SCREENING: School for Randle + Shorts galore! The Albert Club, 39-41 Old Lansdowne Road, West Didsbury, M20 2PA Friday, 19th February 2010 - As part of SHOWZAM! Cuthbert showed THREE Frank Randle movies in the fantastic Winter Gardens, Blackpool - he also presented his Mancunian talk and there was a lively q/a with Mike Blakeley afterwards - it was a great event for all! Sunday 27th September 2009- Cuthbert gave a Mancunian Film talk and hosted a screening of OVER THE GARDEN WALL at the ALBERT CLUB in West Didsbury as part of the Didsbury Arts Festival - 18.00hrs and it was a grand do - a great time was had by all (see picture opposite) 11 July 2009 - the Cuthbert Club Funtime Memorial Day was a fantastic success - as usual! 4th/5th June 2009 - AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMEDY - at the University of Salford - organised by Cuthbert CP Lee and club-member Andy Willis Saturday 21st March 2009- THE MANCHESTER HISTORIES FESTIVAL at Manchester Town Hall - 11.45 am CP Lee presents an illustrated talk on THE MANCUNIAN STUDIOS Tuesday 27th January 2009 - Cuthbert hosted a Mancunian Films screening of HOME SWEEET HOME and showed his old shorts as usual - a great event at the Unicorn Inn, Manchester FRANK RANDLE BLUE PLAQUE DAY 2007 - pictures here (click) On Saturday July 5th 2008 Cuthbert Club members from Oswaldtwistle to Fuengirola, Brighton to Jersey made the trip to Blackpool's North Pier to pay tribute to our Frank and to toast the Cuthbert Club's plaque once again. FRANK RANDLE REMEMBRANCE DAY 2008 - pictures here (click) Monday 8th December 2008 - Leyland Historical Society Cuthbert presented Comedy Roots and Routes - Mancunian and Beyond at the Leyland Historical Society. 5TH/6TH June 2008 - FUNNY PEOPLE THESE FOREIGNERS - AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMEDY - held at the University of Salford and organised by Cuthbert and club-member Andy Willis. Monday 7th April 2008 - Leyland Historical Society Cuthbert presented a feast of a Mancunian Films Programme for the Leyland Historical Society at the South Ribble Banqueting Suite, West Paddock, Leyland, Lancashire PR25 1DH Click for a map to the venue We hear from the Society's organiser Peter Houghton that Leyland has a good connection with our Frank as he was a visitor when in summer season in Blackpool. It seems that Dr Cank, a local GP was an old friend and would invite him over here for a tour of the local pubs. Frank would return the favour when a member of the Blackpool cast fell ill - Dr Cank would leave his practice in Leyland and look after the sick cast member as well as take his place in the cast until he was well enough to continue. And what of the poor patients of Leyland during these stints? I wonder if we shall ever know?!! On Sunday 25th Nov 2007 the Salford Film Festival Mancunian Films Programme was presented by Cuthbert and everyone enjoyed a screening of SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT IN THAT BOX? - Regional Comedy and Identity on British Screens - A Two-Day Conference was held at the University of Salford on 31st May / 1st June 2007. Guest speakers: Andy Medhurst, Richard Dacre 14th March 2007 - A wonderful turnout for our Dr CP Lee who presented: The Mancunian Film Company at the Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust, Heritage Centre, Alexandra Road, Eccles. 7.30 pm . It were a Hot'un and a reet good do bah gum! (Arranged by the Eccles and District History Society - please visit their website for details - http://www.edhs.colsal.org.uk) Saturday 3rd March 2007 - BBC2's Comedy Map featured Frank Randle via Keith Clifford and Cuthbert in Blackpool. Hurrah! www.bbc.co.uk/comedymap Saturday 17th February 2007 - BBC2's Comedy Map featured the Mancunian Films Studios at 9.05 pm. And so it should! www.bbc.co.uk/comedymap 13 November 2006 - National Film Theatre, South Bank, London - Cuthbert and Mike Blakeley were hosts to an evening of Mancunian Movies entitled ''Projecting the Archive" where more than 100 people came to bathe in Mancunian's Cinematic splendour! Photo Gallery of Cuthbert Club events - BIG thanks to our resident Cuthbert Snapster Tony Wright (Tony 2) Wednesday 24th January 2007 Wednesday 25th October 2006 Cuthbert Club 2006 BLACKPOOL Summer Outing Wednesday 14th June Wednesday 19th April Wednesday 15th March Tuesday 14 February Tuesday 17 January 2006 2005 EVENTS Cuthbert Xmas Doings 2005 Wednesday 19th October Wednesday 14th September !!Cuthbert Club 2005 Summer Outing Photographs Here!! and from Cuthbert comes this moving bit of film - !!Cuthbert Club XMAS MOVIE Here!! If you want to see Hot'Un movies you need QUICKTIME MOVIE PLAYER! Free Download - Quicktime for Windows 2000 & XP Other Events Gone By - Saturday afternoon -21 October 2006 - Manchester Comedy Festival - at the Comedy Store, 3 & 4 Deansgate Locks, Whitworth St, M1 5LH - as part of the Festival, CUTHBERT will be presenting a matinee show at the Comedy Store entitled *Mancunian Movie Memories .* It will be an afternoon for you to find out more about the Mancunian Film Company ... as the publicity says - "CP Lee takes you on a trip back in time to discover the roots of Northern Comedy. From 1925 to the 1960s the Mancunian Film Company produced dozens of Comedy films, many from their Studio in Rusholme. The Studio’s stars included George Formby, Les Dawson’s favourite Norman Evans, Tessie O’Shea and the manically brilliant Frank Randle (who would stalk through Manchester with a pistol in one hand and a bottle of whisky in the other!). Writer and broadcaster, CP, will talk about the Studio and its Stars and show an avalanche of clips from the movies in a special two-hour matinee session." Sunday afternoon -22 October 2006 - Manchester Comedy Festival - at the Comedy Store, 3 & 4 Deansgate Locks, Whitworth St, M1 5LH - CUTHBERT will be presenting another matinee show - *Can You Hear Me Mother* - CUTHBERT gets together "a fun afternoon of Comedy, Person and Place … Cockney Wideboys … Cheeky Geordies … Gormless Northerners – Where do the Comedy stereotypes come from and how true are they? This Comedy Festival Panel brings together professionals and practitioners to discuss ideas of place and humour - past and present." Tony2 our official photographer filmed a Club clip on 15 Jun 2005. See Cuthbert's favourite short- see Donovan & Byl in action Weekend 15 April 2011, a visit to Derry and the Josef Locke Memorial outside the City Hotel. (photos: Thomas Jackson, Szigeti Quartet)				At the 2012 Frank Randle Day, Old Charlie brought his minder Cuthbert to the North Pier's festivities ...Will he be there again in 2013? Wait for full programme details to find out!! Cuthbert Club at the Castle on Oldham Street 29/03/11 - photo Mrs Cuthbert (more here) Harry Goodwin (above) was a photographer at the BBC in the 1970s - see below pictures of him on his visit to the Cuthbert event of 27 September 09 - Thanks to Lee Mannering (Chroma Video Productions) for the photo above left. Here, Professor Toulmin with Cuthbert during SHOWZAM 19 February 2010. Our thanks always to Vanessa and her team for bringing to Blackpool the finest showcase entertainment not only in terms of heritage but as a celebration each year of innumerable spectacular, innovative events and happenings!! Cuthbert with Miss Behave & Mark Raffles at the Cine Variety tent (see also below) Thanks to Lee Mannering for the photo below of a Mancunian screening at the Albert Club, West Didsbury. CUTHBERT FILMSHOW PROGRAMMES - BACK CATALOGUE: Monday 5th December 2011 Tuesday 29th March 2011 Tuesday 29th May 2007 Wednesday 7th March 2007 Wednesday 24th January 2007 Wednesday 25th October 2006 February to June 2006 Tuesday 17th January 2006 Wednesday 7th December 2005 Tuesday 15th November 2005 Wednesday 19th October 2005 14th September 2005 15th June 2005 18th May 2005 23 April 2005 22 Mar 2005 09 Feb 2005 Mike Blakeley with CP Lee Above L:R: George, Julia, Colin, Bob, Trevor Hoyle, Dave and Jackie Martin BELOW FILMING IN BLACKPOOL 2006 - BBC COMEDY MAP 2007 BELOW - Ken - cooking with beer maestro! Mike Blakeley on your right, next to Jim! Mike Hudson below ... CUTHBERT finds JOLLY ROGER admiring the Club's Frank Randle plaque on the North Pier Blackpool (October 2009, photo by Mike Hudson)