Article No 11 (1949)
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ANYONE FOR ST JOHN'S
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12 March 1949 Crewe Chronicle, Page 8.
On Saturday night a young member of the St Johns Ambulance enquired at the Crewe
Theatre for the Manager. The man on duty that night thought that his request was
unnecessary as it was the custom for the Duty officers from St John's ambulance
to report to the manager, so he took the young man to one of his female
colleagues who was on duty within the Dress circle. Thinking he had arrived at
his destination he handed the lady a long wire instrument covered in gauze.
She declined the object. It was only later when the Crewe Memorial Hospital
phoned the Theatre that the little boy was discovered to be in the wrong place.
He should have taken the instrument to the operating theatre and not Crewe
Theatre.
 
In a later letter to the editor of the Crewe Chronicle It was pointed out that
it was a genuine mistake and not something to be made fun of. The letter also
said that the young gentleman had visited all the cinemas in Crewe before he had
reached the "Crewe Theatre" trying to find the person who wanted the instrument
wrapped in gauze.

(With thanks to the Crewe Chronicle for reproduction of this article)

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