During the pantomime season, I would like to pay tribute and wish a happy retirement to Brighton and Hove resident and favourite character Jack Tripp.
I read this week that Jack has finally retired after a record-breaking 50 consecutive years as a pantomime dame.
What a record. Roy Hudd considers Jack the finest exponent of the art. Many older residents of Sussex recall Jack, Allen Christie, Kathleen West, Joan Mann and other favourites, in the popular Fol de Rols shows shown throughout the county and Jack's summer shows - Take a Tripp.
Happy days of wholesome family variety.
-David Rutter, Holmes Avenue, Hove
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