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Collection name	Fred Beech Scrapbooks (1887-1910)
Unique identifier	TH F 782 094273 BE1
Description	This is a collection of four scrapbooks containing emphemera pertaining to theatre and concert performances collected by the singer Fred Beech. They contain the following programmes: Scrapbook 1: * Chorlton Town Hall - 13/10/1897 - Manchester Amateur Operatic Society * Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary - 23/10/1897 - Concert in aid of additional comforts for the Nurses * Macclesfield Sunday School - 17/11/1897 - Macclesfield Philharmonic Society * Town Hall, Stretford - 23/11/1897 - Trafford Golf Club * Gentlemen's Concert Hall, Manchester - 7/12/1897 - Beethoven Society * Literary Institute, Altrincham - 20/12/1897 - Bowdon Choral Society * 15/1/1898 - Cheadle Private Musical Society * Town Hall, Rochdale - 21/2/1898 - Members of Castleton Cricket Club * Gentlemen's Concert Hall, Manchester - 22/2/1898 - Beethoven Society * City of Manchester Art Gallery - 9/3/1898 - The Manchester Academy of Fine Arts * Hulme Town Hall - 15/4/1898 - Manchester Amateur Operatic Society * Mission Hall, Alderley Edge - 20/4/1898 - Grand Concert * Henshaw's Blind Asylum - 29/4/1898 - Handtyped programme * Chorlton Town Hall - 12/10/1898 - Manchester Amateur Operatic Society * St George's Hall, St. Annes-on-the-Sea - 17/1/1899 - Herr Wilhelm Behre's Chamber Concerts Scrapbook 2: * Literary Institute, Altrincham - 22/3[1899] - Bowdon Choral Society * St. Mary's Hall, Crumpsall - 22/6/[1899] - Grand Concert in aid of the Church Lads' Brigade * Manchester Athenauem - 30/19/1899 - Alice Walker's Concert * Town Hall, Manchester - 9/10/1901 - Reception and Musical Evening * Cheetham Hill Billiard Club - 14/1/1902 - Smoking Concert * Moor School, Kersal - 10/2/[1902] - St. Paul's Church, Kersal * Hulme Town Hall - 8/4/1902 - St. Margaret's Choral Society * Gentlemen's Glee Club, Manchester - 4/11/1902 - Concert * The Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchetser - 24/11/1902 - Miss Alice Walker's Pupils * Assembly Rooms, Station Road - 8/1/[1903] - Grand Concert * Royal Technical Institute, Salford - 4/2/1903 - Grand Concert * Hulme Town Hall - 28/2/1903 - St. Margaret's Choral Society * Midland Hotel, Manchester - 5/9/1903 - Midland Hotels Orchestras * Gentlemen's Glee Club, Manchester - 2/1/1906 - Concert * The Tenants Hall, Alderley Park - 10/1/1906 - Mr W.A. Clayton's Concert * Hulme Town Hall - 3/3/1906 - St. Margaret's Choral Society * Manchester Athenaeum - 1/11/1910 - Pupils of Alice Walker * Manchester Northern Hospital Bazaar - 28/3/1906 - Drawing-room Concert Scrapbook 3: * Richmond Lecture Hall - 14/12/1887 - Richmond Senior men's Class * Rusholme Road Sunday School - 17/12/1887 - Concert in aid of the Saville Street Mission * St. Ann's Church - 1/2/1888 - Concert * Cheetham Town Hall - 17/2/1888 - Grand Concert * National School, Long Street, Middleton - 9/4/1888 - Middleton Parish Church Grand Concert * Literary Institute, Cheadle - 12/4/1888 - Concert * Co-operative Hall, Middleton - 19/11/1888 - Middleton Choral Union * Rusholme Road Congregational Chapel Schoolroom - 8/12/1888 - Concert in aid of the Bazaar Fund * Richmond Lecture Hall - 12/12/1888 - Richmond Senior Men's Class * Broughton Town Hall - 28/5/1889 - Musical Evening * Richmond Lecture Hall - 10/12/1889 - Richmond Senior Men's Class * The Arts Club, Manchester - 11/3/1891 - Classical Chamber Concert * Lecture Hall of the New Church, Higher Broughton - 30/11/1891 - Grand Amateur Concert * Richmond Lecture Hall - 9/12/1891 - Richmond Congregational Church Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Society * Infant's schoolroom, Timperley - 22/1/1892 - Timperley Pleasant Evenings * 30/1/1892 - Cheadle Hulme Musical Society * Congregational Hall, Higher Broughton - 3/2/1892 - Concert * Gentlemen's Concert Hall, Manchester - 13/2/1893 - Beethoven Society * Literary Institution, Cheadle - 27/2/1893 - Cheadle Choral Society * Gentlemens' Concert Hall, Manchester - 24/4/1893 - Beethoven Society * Schoolroom, Baslow - 26/8/1895 - Willy Hess * St. Ambrose Schools, Manchester - 1/12/1893 - Grand Concert * Conservative Hall, Heaton Moor - 30/1/1894 - Heaton Chapel Glee and Choral Society * Gentlemen's Concert Hall, Manchester - 23/4/1894 - Beethoven Society * Church Men's Institute, Higher Buxton - 10/7/1894 - Inaugural Concert Scrapbook 4: * New Islington Hall, Ancoats, Manchester - 28/10/1894 - Recreation in Ancoats * Athenaeum, Manchester - 29/10/1894 - Athenaeum Musical Society * Literary Institute, Cheadle - 16/11/1894 - Concert * Literary Institute, Cheadle - 1/2/1895 - St. John's Church Grand Concert and Entertainment * Buxton Church Sunday Schools - 19/2/1895 - Concert in aid of the funds of the Church Institute * New Hall, Teneriffe Street, Broughton - 4/5/1895 - Broughton Congregational Sunday School * St. Annes L.T.C - 18/10/1895 - Social Concert * St. Mary's Hall, Higher Crumpsall - 24/10/1895 - Crumpsall Musical Society * Cheadle Conservative Club - 2/11/1895 - Concert in aid of Gatley Vicarage and School Funds * Congregational Hall, Teneriffe Street, Broughton - 28/10/1895 - Grand Concert * 13/11/1895 - Grand Concert in aid of the National School Extension Fund * Co-operative Hall, Radcliffe - 11/12/1895 - Miss Emily Hill's vocal and instrumental concert * Gentlemen's Concert Hall, Manchester - 16/12/1895 - Beethoven Society * Gentlemen's Concert Hall, Manchester - 27/1/1896 - Beethoven Society
Date range	1887 - 1910
Associated People and Organisations	Alice Walker's Pupils - Athenaeum Musical Society - Beech, Fred - Beethoven Society, Manchester - Bowdon Choral Society - Broughton Congregational Sunday School - Cheadle Choral Society - Cheadle Hulme Musical Society - Cheadle Private Musical Society - Clayton, W.A - Crumpsall Musical Society - Heaton Chapel Glee and Choral Society - Herr Wilhelm Behre's Chamber Concerts - Hess, Willy - - Hill, Emily - Macclesfield Philharmonic Society - Manchester Academy of Fine Arts - Manchester Amateur Operatic Society - Members of Castleton Cricket Club - Middleton Choral Union - Middleton Parish Church - Midland Hotel Orchestras - Recreation in Ancoats - Richmond Congregational Church Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Society - Richmond Senior Men's Class - St. John's Church - St. Margaret's Choral Society - St. Paul's Church, Kersal - Timperley Pleasant Evenings - Trafford Golf Club - Walker, Alice -
Associated Places	Assembly Rooms, Station Road Athenaeum Concert Hall, Manchester Buxton Church Sunday Schools Cheadle Conservative Club Cheetham Hill Billiard Club Church Men's Institute, Higher Buxton City of Manchester Art Gallery Congregational Hall, Higher Broughton Conservative Hall, Heaton Moor Co-operative Hall, Middleton Co-operative Hall, Radcliffe Gentlemen's Concert Hall, Manchester Henshaw's Blind Asylum, Old Trafford Infant's schoolroom, Timperley Lecture Hall of the New Church, Higher Broughton Literary Institute, Altrincham Literary Institute, Cheadle Macclesfield Sunday School Midland Hotel, Manchester Mission Hall, Alderley Edge Moor School, Kersal National School, Long Street, Middleton New Hall, Teneriffe Street, Broughton New Islington Hall, Ancoats Richmond Lecture Hall Royal Technical Institute, Salford Rusholme Road Sunday School Schoolroom, Baslow St. Ambrose Schools, Manchester St. Anne's L.T.C. St. Ann's Church, Manchester St. George´s Hall, St. Annes-on-the-Sea St. Mary's Hall, Crumpsall St. Mary's Hall, Higher Crumpsall Tenants Hall, Alderley Park The Arts Club, Manchester Town Hall, Broughton Town Hall, Cheetham Town Hall, Chorlton Town Hall, Hulme Town Hall, Manchester Town Hall, Rochdale Town Hall, Stretford Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary
Associated Times	19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899 20th century - early 1900-1930
Associated Content	Tickets Press Cuttings Annotations Word books
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