Harry Leader, shown here with his band, at around the time he moved into Du Cane Court.
(Photograph circa 1960 - courtesy of Michael Leader.)
Two comedians who were residents in the early days of Du Cane Court:
Tommy Trinder and Derek Roy. (Photos courtesy of Max Tyler, British Music Hall Society.)
Andy Sandham was one of the finest English cricketers of the 1930s; and Ernest Bubley was
the number 1 British table-tennis player before the war. Both were residents of 'the Court'.
(Photos courtesy of MCC Library, Marylebone Cricket Club, Lord’s Ground, London; and the
English Table Tennis Association.)
Two contemporary residents: Chris Luscombe, actor and director; and Arthur Smith, comedian and writer.
(The photo of Chris Luscombe is reproduced courtesy of Lucia Pallaris, from Peters,
Fraser & Dunlop Group Ltd. The flyer relates to a comedy evening. It is included here
courtesy of Arthur himself, and of Clive Conway, who presented the evening.)