Christmas and the pantomime are synonymous - to celebrate one without paying a visit to the other infers that one of life's more human moments has slipped by unheeded - for years it has been the custom for long-suffering fathers to rouse themselves from their Boxing Day lethargy to take their eager youngsters to the show and in order that their expectations shall be realised actors musicians authors and a multitude of other people work day and night for months to get the pantomimes ready - not the least of these workers are the scene painters - hidden away in their shops in the suburbs they enthusisasitclaly prepare those enthralling backcloths which lend an air of reality to the pantomime - photo shows scene painters in a North London studio putting the finishing touches to a scene for one of London's many pantomimes December 4th 1934