George Thomas Balfour

Born in New York 1900, his father worked for a shipping company and George spent his first seven years or so living in Barbados. The family then moved to Helensburgh, near Glasgow. Around 1920 his parents moved to Surrey and George attended Wye Agricultural College in Kent. He stayed on there as an instructor, taking up farming in Surrey in the 1930’s. He worked in Rep in Folkestone for a year in 1937 with the Arthur Brough Company. In 1939 his parents were living at the Leas in Folkestone and his father was an ARP warden. George went on to work for the Agricultural Advisory Service, marrying his secretary in 1949 and bringing up three children in Guildford. He died in 1980.

Past productions

The Elder Miss Blossom, Arthur Brough Players 13^th – 18^th December 1937, Leas Pavilion, Folkestone.
Bats in the Belfry, Arthur Brough Players 29^th November – 4^th December 1937, Leas Pavilion, Folkestone.
Her Cardboard Lover, Arthur Brough Players 11^th – 16^th October 1937, Leas Pavilion, Folkestone.
Between Friends, Arthur Brough Players 6^th – 11^th September 1937, Leas Pavilion, Folkestone.

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George Thomas Balfour by Angela Hodges