Description:
The advetisement outside the pub is for the musical Blue for a Blue. It was written in 1950 by Harry Parr Davies, to exploit the cigar-smoking, majestically built comedy star Fred Emney. Dressed in blue baby rompers, indicating what sort of show it was going to be, Emney was the mischievous and large stepson who chooses his stepfather’s wedding anniversary to make the poor fellow’s new wife aware of his existence.
Harold Purcell added his lyrics to a Harry Parr Davies song and they wrote together a title number for ‘Blue For A Boy’ which became a popular song of the of the day.