These photographs, and the one of Noel Purcell on page 17, were taken at the Theatre Royal in Dublin by Harry Braine in the 1940s. Braine ran a well-known garage beside the Canal bridge at Drumcondra for many years. Pictured on the right is, of course, Jimmy O’Dea, while, below, girls from the theatre’s dance troupe the Royalettes while away the time between performances. A vanished era!