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When I started at the Regent in November 1968, Hoyts City Theatre Supervisor John P. O’Callaghan (father of ‘Sammy Sparrow’) gave me this roster – typed by his sweet secretary Beverly Simersall. The 40 hour week was spread over six days with evening meal breaks of 1-2 hours, allowing ample time to eat & drink at the nearby Edinburgh Castle Hotel on the corner of Bathurst and Pitt Streets. All Hoyts City theaters at the time had an onerous and un-necessary call-back for managers on a Monday evening. Although allowable under the award, it was reportedly applied by upper management (Allan Barr Director of Theatres probably) as ‘payback’ for managers having refused to assist with banking theater Candy Bar takings – an operation run by Hoyts subsidiary Concessionaires P/L.
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REGENT SYDNEY Staff November 1968 (from notes and memory)
Hoyts Sydney City Circuit Supervisor: John P. ‘Jack’ O’Callaghan. Regent Manager: William ‘Bill’ Lincoln. Assistant Manager: John ‘Jack’ Hibbert. Trainee Assistant Manager: David Coles. Chief Projectionist: Clifford Field. Projectionist: Trevor Cotton. Assistant Projectionist: David Alton (with Cliff). Assistant Projectionist: David Orme (with Trev). Spool Boy: Almost always one - as new Hoyts Sydney projection trainees usually started at the Regent. Treasurer: Not employed. Booking Clerk: Miss Dorothy Gill, Miss Judith Cook. (Bookings normally available six days in advance – 12 for major shows). Ticket Seller (Mon - Sat 3.30 – 9.30 p.m.): Miss Barbara Rosevear. Telephonist: Two (c 10.30-4.30 & 4.30-10.30 inc. late ticket sales) - (As the Hoyts Maintenance Department was housed backstage, telephone traffic was more involved than for a normal cinema). Head Girl (chief usher): Miss Joyce Sutton. Usherettes: Usually about 8 (No males employed in this role). Doorman (Fri & Sat 7 – 10 p.m.): Mr Hank Lemkert. Day Page Boy/ Messenger (Mon – Fri): Donald. Night Page (Mon – Sat): Allan. Head Male Cleaner: starts 11 p.m. Male Cleaner: finishes 9.30 a.m. (Before Sunday screenings were introduced, watchmen were employed c 6 a.m. – 10 p.m. Sunday servicing seven Hoyts city cinemas on their rounds.) [I did this a few times - GREAT FUN!] Female Cleaners: 3 – All work six mornings with rostered late afternoon call backs. Utility Man (Mon – Fri plus Sat morning): John ‘Jack’ Cobby. Parking Area Attendant: Day Man – Kevin. Night Man – Harry. Air Conditioning Engineers did the rounds of all Hoyts City cinemas.