David Parkes 1933 - 2018 David joined Davenham Church Players, Nantwich when age 20 years old and where he met his wife Elva. They were married in 1957 and went on to have a son and daughter. He enjoyed drama and comedy at Davenham, Acton Bridge and the Circle Players of Timperley. David’s first musical was “The Quaker Girl” with Winnington A.O.S. where he played Tony Chute, the leading man. He performed with Mid Cheshire M.T. taking several leading roles in “White Horse Inn”, “Show Boat”, various Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, etc. David’s work took him to Manchester in 1961 which gave him the opportunity to perform with North Cheshire A.O.S. and the Manchester Palace Theatre, also South Manchester A.O.S., Cheshire A.O.S. , Northeneden A.O.S., Salford A.O.S. and Knutsford A.O.S. He also enjoyed playing Dame in Frodsham pantomimes, and wrote and produced pantomimes for Mid-Cheshire M.T. David was the president of Mid-Cheshire M.T. He was also the Noda representative for region 8 for several years.
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