Pantomimes remain ever-popular in the run-up to - and immediately after - the festive season.

They are usually musical comedies and designed to provide fun for all the family.

Modern pantomimes include songs, jokes, slapstick comedy and dancing and combine topical humour with stories more or less based on well-known fairy tales and fables.

It’s especially fun because it is a participatory form of theatre in which the audience is encouraged to sing along with certain parts of the music and shout our phrases - like “He’s behind you!” - to the performers.

In 1993 Ulverston Royal British Legion Pantomime Society brought the pantomime Cinderella - and a blaze of colour and style - to Ulverston’s Coronation Hall.

There were plenty of thigh-slapping laughs, lots of jokes and numerous great songs in the performances.

All the well-known characters - Cinderella, Prince Charming, Buttons, the Ugly Sisters and the fairy godmother - took to the stage at the Coronation Hall, for five nights and a Saturday matinee of the most traditional pantomime fun.

The well-known story features poor, put-upon Cinderella, who is forced to do all the household chores by her stepmother and stepsisters (the Ugly Sisters). It seems she will never get the opportunity to go to Prince Charming’s ball - until her Fairy Godmother lends a magical helping hand.

Telling the well-loved story, with, of course, some topical references too, were experienced Furness thespians Sarah Wilkinson, Sue Little, Steve Low, Steve Freeland, Ken Hindle, Rebecca Burch, Denise King, Bob Needham, Elaine Parkinson was the Fairy Godmother and Ken Hindle and Steve Freeland played the Ugly Sisters.

Talking the credits behind the scenes was the director Elaine Parkinson and choreographer Jean Lancaster, while Ted Wilde was the musical director of the show.

In 1991, Ulverston Royal British Legion Pantomime Society performed Jack and the Beanstalk at the Coronation Hall.