There was prize bingo round the back of the stage during the interval of the main session. The manager was Mr Buttons (Pat Buttons), I think. I did cover for him a few times calling the main sessions when he went on his holiday which was quite a thrill as a 19 year old, especially when we had the ‘Link’ games with other halls. I never knew his real name and most didn’t. You had to run as the place was so big! The main session caller was a guy just known as ‘Maverick’ or Mav to most, with thick set glasses. They always needed staff! I was a ‘runner’ dashing round the hall collecting winner’s cards to be checked at the front of the stage. I worked at the wonderful Hippodrome as a student on my summer & Easter holidays between 1972 to 1974 when it had become a bingo hall.
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