“Snooker Poole” and “Jack Pott”

Rhyl Record and Advertiser, 18 January 1896

But it is not my intention to deal with the pantomime in detail. Our readers are not much concerned in that direction, and seek only to know what share in it is taken by Mr Tom Wood and his colleagues. We might say generally that the libretto is happily and brightly written, whilst the scenery if not particularly elaborate is very effective. Mr Tom Wood and Mr Jimmy Charters first make their appearance in the respective character of the Robbers, “Snooker Poole” and “Jack Pott,” in the scene of “Ye Village of Hey Diddle Diddle.” Tom makes a ferocious looking robber, but Jimmy is a sad parody on that profession, and looks for all the world as if he were unable to harm a fly. He convulsed the house straight off with that inimitable laugh which has so often provoked the hilarity of the people in Rhyl.