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Cater House, the 1960's-built head office of the Cater Brothers supermarket chain, now converted to general retail & housing. Featuring a Mitzi Cunliffe relief on the side. Sadly now missing the very of-the-era Cater House signage, presumably removed during the conversion to housing.

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1997 Chelmsford Concert proshot video

Jeff Leyton (Jean Valjean), Michael McCarthy (Javert), Ruthie Henshall (Fantine), Chris Langham (Thénardier), Gay Soper (Mme. Thénardier), Frances Ruffelle (Éponine), Matthew Cammelle (Marius), David Bardsley (Enjolras), Annalene Beechey (Cosette)

Ruthie Henshall’s ending of “Lovely Ladies.”

Several cast members from the 10th Anniversary Concert appear in this concert too, either in the same roles or in different ones, and the most prominent role reprise is Ruthie Henshall’s Fantine. The standout moment of her performance here, and of the whole concert, is her delivery of “Come on, captain…” at the end of “Lovely Ladies.” It’s a passage that she sings very differently than in her TAC performance, and arguably better. Instead of being overtly seductive, she delivers the first lines in a gentle, casual, friendly way – a different yet equally valid way of flirting. Some bitterness creeps into her voice on “Don’t it make a change to have a girl who can’t refuse?” but she passes it off as a joke, adding a little laugh at the end of the line. But then on “Easy money lying on a bed…” the lighthearted façade dissolves completely, and her true, scathing anger spews forth.

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