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Berwick had decided that this would be the pantomime after which he would retire, hence the title <i>The Grand Old Dame of York</i>, a play on the title of the children's song <i>The Grand Old Duke of York.</i>\r\n\r\nBerwick Kaler's annual pantomimes were hugely popular in York where he became a well-known local celebrity and where people queued all night outside the theatre to buy tickets. Generations of children knew Berwick as the Dame. 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