"THE FUN DOCTOR"

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 61, 23 May 1928, Page 6

"THE FUN DOCTOR"

VISIT TO STRATFORD. ENTERTAIN* lENT~~ AT SCHOOLS ■ AND HOSPITAL. In Stratford at present is Mr Norman Tate, who is known as the fun doctor. Mr Hate, who is a competent juggler and entertained, goes round froin place to place and gives entertainment to school children,- hospital patients, prisoners in gaols, etc. He makes a. small charge at schools, half of which ho donates to the funds of the school libraries, but at other institutions no charge is made. He lniiS recently returned from Australia where he has been entertaining children, and brightening the lives of prisoners and invalids. He visited the soldiers' hospitals and general ho-spi-, tats, including the one where the Groycliffo survivors were being treated, and gave his entertainment which was much appreciated. Last night Mr Tate visited the Hospital and gave a bright entertainment to the patients, and to-day he was at the Primary and Convent Schools. At the Hospital the entertainment was given in the children's, men's a,nd women's Wards, and was very much appreciated. Dr. and Mrs Steven and Mr W. L. Kennedy, chairman of the Hospital Board and Mrs Ken-