John Buck has resigned as Chair of Blackpool Grand Theatre’s Friends of The Grand.
John was one of the original group who raised the money to save the theatre from demolition in 1973.
He, along with other dedicated Friends, cleaned, repaired and painted in their spare time to get the building back on its feet ready for its reopening and dedication in 1981. He became Chair of The Friends in 2002 after the death of George Thomson. The Friends organisation now has mre than 1,700 members.
Early Friends of The Grand included Violet Carson (Ena Sharples), Alistair Cooke, Sir Ken Dodd, Leslie Crowther, Timothy West and Prunella Scales, Billy Pearce and Johnnie Casson.