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HOE SUMMER THEATRE

"UNCLE FRED"

Many people who attended the children's talent contests at the Hoe Marquee and the prefabricated Hoe Summer Theatre during the 1950s and early 1960s will remember "Uncle Fred", who used to greet them at the entrance.  His real name was Mr Frederick Douglas L Treleaven.

After leaving the Royal Artillery at the end of the Second World War, Mr Treleaven joined the Council's Entertainment's Department and was responsible for the Hoe Marquee.  He was a familiar sight trying to entice visitors in to the various shows in the Marquee and later the Hoe Summer Theatre. 

In 1963 he was made the deck chair inspector on the Hoe, from which post he retired in May 1974 after 25 years service with the Council. 

Mr Frederick Douglas L Treleaven died in January 1993 at the age of 74.

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