Memory Lane & All Our Yesterdays: South Pacific by Watlington Players, Downham CC, Heacham pool and West Norfolk netball leagues

Published: 06:02, 10 May 2022

Watlington Players were celebrating their 18th birthday in 1994 and looking forward to going on stage at the village hall at the end of May with a production of the hit musical South Pacific.

The cast had been put together by director Lilian Miller who had included a mixture of faces familiar to Watlington audiences and some newcomers. Two new members were Christine Uttin (Ensign Nellie Forbush) and Andy Prior (Lt Joseph Cable).

The part of Liat was played by 14-year-old Lucy Nobes. Liat’s mother, Bloody Mary, was played by Elaine Johnson. MLNF-9405191

South Pacific, Watlington Players in 1994. MLNF-9405191

All Our Yesterdays deals with Lynn News lookback pictures: "good sports" is the theme this week.

In chronological order below are photos from the month of May in 2002 and 2004 – as shown in today's (Tuesday, May 10) Lynn News – the captions are within each photo.

May 2002: Sam Whittaker, 16, took the girls’ Norfolk tenpin county championship title when she bowled a 168 average in a tournament at Norwich. Sam is pictured with the trophy on her return to the Strikes centre in Lynn. MLNF-0205229

May 2002: Ahead of the new Norfolk Alliance Cricket season, Downham CC were kitted out with some new tracksuit tops as part of a new additional sponsorship deal with Jim Russell. At the front are Robert Russell (left) and club skipper Duncan Lanchester. MLNF-0205245

May 2004: The Omega team (front) won the West Norfolk Netball League Division One title, finishing ahead of Sunking Flowers. In Division Two, Pink Ladies were the champions and the Jacks team were runners-up. MLNF-0405126

May 2004: All smiles from these Heacham and District Pool League players and teams ahead of the league’s annual presentation of shields and trophies. MLNF-0405357

Nostalgia Chris Hornby