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Thank you Vaughan27, that makes perfect sense, I did wonder afterwards whether it could be a general casting and possibly ‘GB’ could just stand for Great Britain or something similar and have no reference to the ‘Gaiety’. It’s great to know a little bit of their history with Turners, thank you...

Here’s a picture of their seats...

Hi Vaughan27, the Little Theatre is in Donnington in Shropshire, they acquired the seating (secondhand) from another theatre, I was wondering whether they possibly came from the Gaiety in Birmingham because of the initials ‘GB’ on the legs, they’re exactly the same seats that appear on the...

Very interesting, thank you

It’s an ex military hut, previously a gym and shooting range (part of the COD military complex) that was built during the Second World War, May 1940, don’t think it was a theatre until the early 50’s.

It’s a lovely little theatre, I was in the auditorium a few days ago, they thought the seats came from Wolverhampton originally, but because of the card I found with W. W. Turner’s address, I’m now wondering if they came from the Gaiety Birmingham?

Hello! I’m interested to see if anyone can help shed some light on where these old seats started their life, I recently acquired them from the Little Theatre in Donnington, Telford. I started to take them apart and found this card in the back of the seat, they also have ‘GB’ on the legs, any...