During 1979 America Hall was being decorated by offenders who were doing community service. This arrangement did not work out and the committee decided they must complete the work themselves as funds were not sufficient to pay someone to do the job properly.

Once the project had been completed and the hall was nicely decorated, those who had worked hard and their partners went out for a social evening at the Swans Nest. It was during this evening in 1980 that Ian Roberts came up with the idea of a Pantomime in our community hall. This was discussed with enthusiasm by those present, and other America Hall committee members.

Pinhoe Community Association was asked, and agreed to back the production, "Dick Whittington Jnr and the Dragon" staged in 1981.

The Pantomime was a great success from the start, and in 1990 left the umbrella of the Pinhoe Community Association to become Pinhoe Pantomime Society, as it is known today.