In the 1950’s Cyril was contracted to produce the music for his first Ice Show at The Empress Hall called ‘Cinderella on Ice’.  He did all the orchestration and choral arrangements for this as well as composing any music required. The contract also required him to supervise all choral and orchestral rehearsals. Throughout the run of the show he had to attend at least once a week to ensure the standard was up to scratch. Cyril also did a similar job for ‘Puss in Boots on Ice January 1952.  He was working on this from September 1951 to January 1952 and received the sum of £275.00 in complete payment. His pieces ‘Three cheers for Ferdinand’ and ‘Hush-a-bye-baby’ were written for and included in the show. 

1950 also saw the compositions of ‘On the Target’ and ‘Serenade to a Scarecrow’. 1951 Melody at Moonrise, ’I’ll be waiting’ and ‘I want to sing a gay song’ 

In these days a ‘test card’ and background music was broadcast for the most of the day and many of his pieces were played there. Later the BBC introduced intervals between programmes. One of Cyril’s pieces was played to the scene of slowly travelling up a winding river. 

1952 saw many compositions. ‘Come on to Paris’ with words by John Moss was written for and featured in ‘Holiday in Paris’, Bournemouth, another ice show.  Also written was ‘I can’t remember where I buried daddy’. This title probably stemmed from the beach holidays he was now having with the family. The children always used to bury him. This piece was one of several used in cabarets and concert parties.  Another song was written especially for Tessie O’Shea ‘I was built for comfort’. Tessie’s nickname was ‘Two Ton Tessie.  She was an actress and entertainer.  ‘Rush Hour’ was written for Janet Brown which was subsequently broadcast and televised.

Between 1952 and 1954 Cyril continued to write for Ice Shows. In 1952 ‘Chinese Samba’ and ‘I was a Belle’ were written for and featured in the ice pantomime ‘Aladdin’ at Western Ice Rink, Bournemouth.  In 1954 ‘Bertram Bankrupt is my name’, ‘Proclamation’, Gruesome Twosome’, and ‘New Prince Charming’ were written for the ice pantomime ‘Cinderella’ at Bournemouth. It was televised on January 7^th 1955. 

In 1953 Cyril began to work as Chief Arranger for Boosey and Hawkes, another successful piece written ‘Piccadilly Spree’. In 1955 it was used as a signature tune on television ‘Performance’. This was one of his most rewarding pieces of music. 

In 1955 ‘Lady with a Past was written and first broadcast on April 23^rd 1955. Cyril’s notes say for “TV Anne Hart”. He also wrote and recorded ‘So Little Time’. The words were by Frank Davey. 1956 saw ‘Road to the Stars’ written a ballad foxtrot song which was broadcast in the summer of 1956.

In 1957 Boosey and Hawkes published ‘Willow Waltz’. An arrangement with strings was used when it became the theme tune of a TV serial ‘The World of Tim Fraser’ by Francis Durbridge in 1961. 

In 1958 Cyril was commissioned by Weinhecker to write 15 minutes of music for ‘Bozo the Clown’ an American cartoon. The third tune on the tape became used as a signature tune for ‘Newstime’. 

In 1959 Cyril entered another Song writing contest promoted by the ‘People’ Newspaper. There were 20,000 entries He won 4^th prize with his ‘White Wedding’ sung by Sheila Southern.