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Collection name Wandering Minstrels (1868-1878)
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Description A scrapbook of programmes relating to the Wandering Minstrels, 1868 to 1878. The volume contains ca. 159 programmes, which relate to performances by amateur ensembles. The programmes encompass venues within the United Kingdom, and a large number of these are from venues within London. The majority of programmes are from concerts given by the Wandering Minstrels; a significant amount of these are from “Smoking Concerts” which were held at 47 Sloane Street. The collection also contains some financial accounts of the Wandering Minstrels. The remainder of the collection relates to other amateur groups or unnamed societies. The overwhelming majority of these are from programmes given by the Civil Service Musical Society, frequently though not exclusively from concerts held at St. James’s Hall. There are also some programmes from musical entertainments which formed part of Civil Service Cricket Club Dinners. The collection includes a small amount of press cuttings.

Venues represented in the collection:
Music Hall, Hastings; 47 Sloane Street; St. James’s Hall; Music Hall, Canterbury; Castle Hotel, Richmond; Lyncombe House; Pimlico Rooms; Hanover Square Rooms; 18 Carlton House Terrace; Griffin Hotel, Kingston-on-Thames; Royal Sussex Hotel, Tunbridge Wells; 31 Bryanston Square; Guard’s Institute, Vauxhall; Streatham Hill Institute; Willis’s Rooms; St. Peter’s, Eaton Square; Royal Albert Hall; Speaker’s House, Westminster; Northumberland House; Crystal Palace; Town Hall, Croydon; Assembly Rooms, Stoke Newington; South Kensington Museum; St. Peter’s, Pimlico; Whitgift School; Public Hall, Croydon; St. Matthew’s School-room [geographic location unknown]; Grosvenor House; Town Hall, Rugby; National Schools [geographic location unknown]; Corn Exchange, Aylesbury; St. Paul’s Schools, Whitechapel; Lecture Hall, Watlington; House of Charity, Soho; Drill Hall, Kingston-on-Thames; Oatlands Park Hotel, Walton-on-Thames; St. Peter’s Schools, Lower Belgrade Street; Totteridge Park; Town Hall, Folkestone; Hall, Russell Square; St. George’s Hall, Langham Place; 28 Berners Street; Beethoven Rooms [London]; Surrey Masonic Hall, Camberwell; 6 Carlton House Terrace; Brompton Hospital; Grosvenor Hall; Dome, Royal Pavilion, Brighton; Hartley Hall, Southampton; Aston Rowant House [in the vicinity of Watlington?]; Vestry Hall, Chelsea.

The collection also contains programmes from the following festivals and organisations, where the venues are unknown:

Eleusis Club; St. Peter’s Festival; St. James’s Festival

Arrangement:
The programmes are arranged chronologically.
Date range 1868 - 1878
Associated People and Organisations Wandering Minstrels - Civil Service Cricket Club Dinners - Civil Service Musical Society - Eleusis Club - Smoking Concerts (Wandering Minstrels) - St. James's Festival - St. Peter's Festival -
Associated Places Crystal Palace Willis's Rooms (was Almack's Assembly Rooms to 1781) Hanover Square Rooms Assembly Rooms, Stoke Newington Royal Albert Hall Grosvenor House St. George's Hall, Westminster Beethoven Rooms Grosvenor Hall Dome, Brighton Music Hall, Hastings 28 Berners Street 31 Bryanston Square 47 Sloane Street 6 Carlton House Terrace Aston Rowant House Brompton Hospital (Later Royal Brompton Hospital) Castle Hotel, Richmond Corn Exchange, Aylesbury Drill Hall, Kingston-upon-Thames Griffin Hotel, Kingston-on-Thames Hall, Store Street, Russell Square Hartley Hall, Southampton House of Charity, Soho Lecture Hall, Watlington Lyncombe House [town unknown] Masonic Hall, Camberwell New Road Music Hall, Canterbury National Schools [town unspecified] Northumberland House Oatlands Park Hotel Pimlico Rooms Public Hall, Croydon Royal Sussex Hotel, Tunbridge Wells South Kensington Museum (became Victoria & Albert Museum, 1899) Speaker's House, Westminster St. Matthew's School-room (town unspecified) St. Paul's Schools, Whitechapel St. Peter's Church, Eaton Square St. Peter's Schools, Lower Belgrave Street St. Peter's, Pimlico Streatham Hill Institute Totteridge Park Town Hall, Croydon Town hall, Folkestone Town Hall, Rugby Vestry Hall, Chelsea Whitgift School, Croydon
Associated Times 19th century - mid Victorian 1851-1875 19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899
Associated Content Word books Press Cuttings
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