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Collection name McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1933)
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Description A collection of one box/two boxes of programmes from the McCann collection, from 1933. The collection contains programmes from concerts given in the United Kingdom. The programmes were collected by the concert agent Norman McCann (1920-1999).

The contents of the collection are as follows:

London:
Queen’s Hall – 9 programmes; 1 prospectus
The prospectus covers the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.

Other London venues:
St. Andrew’s Church, Willesden Green; St. John’s Institute, Westminster; Caxton Hall, Westminster; Working Men’s College, Camden Town (2); Kingsway Hall; Central Hall, Westminster; Concert Hall, Broadcasting House; Ibis Musical Society, Hall; Palladium (3); Ballet Club; St. Alban the Martyr, Brooke Street, Holborn; Park Lane Hotel; Bromley High School; Borough Polytechnic [Southwark]; Dorland Hall, Lower Regent Street; Wigmore Hall; Crystal Palace; Central Library Hall, Tottenham; Aeolian Hall; Jewish Institute, Mulberry Street [Tower Hamlets] (2); Royal Albert Hall (2).

Provincial venues:
County School of Music, Guildford, St. Nicolas Hall; Lecture Hall, Newbury; Spa, Scarborough; Winter Gardens, Margate; De Montford Hall, Leicester; City Hall, Sheffield; Pier Pavilion, Worthing; Eastbrook Hall, Bradford (2); Methodist Central Mission, Luton; Houldsworth Hall, Deansgate; Guildhall, Winchster; Pier Pavilion, Llandudno; Regal Cinema, Cambridge; Town Hall, Birmingham (2); County and Borough Hall, Guildford; Church Institute, Stroud; Albert Hall, Nottingham; Pump Room, Tunbridge Wells.

There is a programme from a concert organised by Somerville College Musical Society, where the venue is likely to have been Somerville College, Oxford. In addition, there are two programmes which are signed “Dolobran”, where it is unknown whether this relates to a venue, geographic place or person. There is also a programme from “1 Wellesley House” and “Prior’s Hatch”, where the location of these venues is not known. There is a leaflet from a series of events organised by “Rubicon”, which include concerts. The location of the event is not specified.
There are three programmes from concerts with unspecified venues or concerts that formed part of a multi-venue tour.
Date range 1933 - 1933
Associated People and Organisations Promenade concerts - Somerville College Music Society -
Associated Places 1 Wellesley House (location unspecified) Aeolian Hall, London Albert Hall, Nottingham Ballet Club, The Borough Polytechnic Broadcasting House, London: Concert Hall Bromley High School Caxton Hall, Westminster Central Hall, Westminster Central Library, Tottenham: Hall Church Institute, Stroud City Hall, Sheffield Crystal Palace De Montford Hall, Leicester Dorland Hall, Lower Regent Street Eastbrook Hall, Bradford Guildford County and Borough Hall Guildford County School of Music Guildhall, Winchester Houldsworth Hall Ibis Musical Society: Hall (location unspecified) Jewish Institute, Mulberry Street Kingsway Hall Lecture Hall, Newbury Methodist Central Mission, Luton Palladium Theatre (became London Palladium 1934) Park Lane Hotel Pier Pavilion, Llandudno Pier Pavilion, Worthing Prior's Hatch (location unspecified) Pump room, Tunbridge Wells Queen's Hall, London Regal Cinema, Cambridge Royal Albert Hall Somerville College, University of Oxford Spa, Scarborough St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn St. Andrew's Church, Willesden Green St. John's Institute, Westminster Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety) Wigmore Hall Winter Gardens, Margate Working Men's College, Crowndale Road
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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