...when a few dancers who were avid cricket enthusiasts decided to hold a cricket match between Amateur and Professional dancers. 

It was a most enjoyable occasion with many of the top dancers of the era taking part, some of them surprisingly good cricketers.  There was an admission charge of 'One Shilling', and after all costs had been met it was found that a profit of £7.50 had been made. 

This was unforeseen, and the problem was, "what shall we do with the money?".  At first it was proposed to give the money to a worthy charity and then someone suggested it should become the basis for the dancers own charity. 

This proposal was immediately adopted and the Amateur and Professional Dancers' Forget-Me-Not Fund was formed.

This new title was considered a bit of a 'mouthful', and was later shortened to The Dancers' Forget-Me-Not Fund.  At first, finance was a problem, but this eased as the fund received donations from raffles, and the proceeds of dances and other fund raising activities.

These included an Annual Ball, which went on to raise many hundreds of pounds for the fund, and it was in 1969 that Mr Len Colyer devised and produced a special entertainment, which was presented at the ball.

It was a great success and was repeated on many occasions, even being performed several times at the Blackpool Dance Festival during the welcome party.