John Alderton married his co-star, Jill Browne, but they later divorced. After an uncredited role in "Cleopatra" (1963), and appearing in British films such as "The System" (1964), "Assignment K" (1968), "Duffy" (1968) and "Hannibal Brooks" (1969), he played the lead in the comedy series "Please Sir!", as hapless teacher Mr Hedges, which later resulted in him also playing the character in the 1971 feature film of the same name. In 1972 he appeared with Hannah Gordon in the BBC comedy series "My Wife Next Door" which ran for 13 episodes, and for which he won a Jacob's Award in 1975. He
Catherine Alderton which she came third, only managing to retain the Liberal vote from 1924; However, it was felt that Alderton had done remarkably well at such short notice. In 1931 she was elected President of the National Women's Liberal Federation serving from 1931 to 1932. When the Liberal Party joined the National Government in 1931, there were few opportunities for Liberals to stand as candidates at the ensuing general election, and Alderton did not stand. In Colchester as in many other places, the Liberals decided not to oppose the sitting Conservative Oswald Lewis and Alderton went to the extent of publicly