YOUR recent feature on ‘Willie Cave’s Revels’ brought old memories to the surface.
Saturday September 2 1939 was a perfect Sunday and an early evening show had started when I joined the audience on the Prom. A member of the cast arrived on the Prom, rattling a collection box.
The threat of war was affecting the mood of the audience and the artiste attempted to change this, saying ‘Don’t worry about the war’.
He next appeared on the stage singing a popular hit at the time called ‘There’ll always be an England’.
This had a remarkable effect and when invited to join in the chorus, the audience came to life miraculously.
Maybe not quite in Berlin, but certainly in Swanage and the Isle of Wight, the message was spread.
The mood changed after that, and it was laughter time.
Soon coils of barbed wire replaced the deckchairs and our world was turned upside down, but that little episode was a heartening sign of the outcome.
RON DYER, Charlton Close, Bournemouth
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