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Collection name McCann Collection: United Kingdom (1947)
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Description A collection of one box of programmes from the McCann collection, from 1947. 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:

Royal Albert Hall – 57 programmes; 2 prospectuses
The collection includes nine programmes and a prospectus from the Henry Wood Promenade concerts summer season, as well as a prospectus and two programmes from the winter series of promenade Concerts.

Other London venues:
Brady Girls’ Club and Settlement, Hanbury Street, E1; Royal Opera House (4); Victoria Hall, Town Hall, Ealing; People’s Palace; Central Hall, Westminster (5); Civic Hall, Croydon (3); Chelsea Town Hall; Concert Hall, Broadcasting House; Assembly Hall, Walthamstow; Harringay Arena (6); Town Hall, Wembley (2); Cockpit, Serpentine Road, Hyde Park; Royal Academy of Music; Conway Hall, Red Lion Square; Islington Central Hall, Drayton Park (5); Town Hall, Hampstead; Cambridge Theatre; Concert Hall, Leyton, E10; Finsbury Town Hall; William III Orangery, Hampton Court Palace; Wigmore Hall; Fleur-de-lis Hall, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [City of London]; St. Stephen’s Church, East Twickenham; 70 Grosvenor Street; St. Alban’s Church, Teddington; 107 Foxley Lane, Purley.

In addition, there is a brochure of London Philharmonic Orchestra concerts that took place at both the Royal Opera House and the Royal Albert Hall.

Provincial Venues:

Edinburgh:
Usher Hall – 16 programmes
The collection includes 12 programmes given by the Scottish Orchestra, which were organised under the auspices of the Edinburgh Concert Society.

Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama – 5 individual programmes; 1 souvenir programme

Other Provincial venues:
Palace Court Theatre, Bournemouth; Chertsey Road Schools, Windlesham; Welfare Hall, Glynneath; Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester; St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow; Leeds Town Hall (1 programme; 1 festival programme - Leeds Triennial Musical Festival); City Hall, Sheffield (5); King’s College Chapel; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Pier Pavilion, Llandudno; Vauxhall Motors, Luton; Martineau Hall, Dorking; Albert Hall, Nottingham (3); Central Hall, Newport (2); Workmen’s Hall Cinema, Tredegar; Playhouse, Wakefield; Gwyn Hall, Neath; St. John’s College, Cambridge: Hall (2); Civic Hall, Orpington (5); Walker Memorial Church, Kilbirnie; Mechanics’ Hall, Bacup; St. John’s Parish Church, Bacup; Forward Movement Church, Morriston; Hippodrome Theatre, Coventry; Mansfield Baptist Church; Odeon Theatre, Southend-on-Sea (2); Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Ulster Hall, Belfast; Witney Social Centre; University Music School, Cambridge; Town Hall, Reading; Town Hall, Birmingham; City Hall, Newcastle; Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (2); Town Hall, Watford (5); Bournemouth Pavilion; Guildhall, Cambridge (2); Corn Exchange, Bedford; Spa, Scarborough; Brangwyn Hall, Swansea; Miners’ Welfare Hall, Featherstone; Central Hall, Bristol (2); Town Hall, Dewsbury; Municpal Hall, Colne; Eastbrook Hall, Bradford.

In addition, there is a brochure from a series of Band and Orchestral Concerts that took place in various venues in Southport. There are also two programmes from soloist tours, where the tour covered various venues within the United Kingdom. There are three programmes from concerts that took place at unspecified venues.
Date range 1947 - 1947
Associated People and Organisations Edinburgh International Festival - London Philharmonic Orchestra - Promenade Concerts (winter series) - Promenade concerts -
Associated Places 107 Foxley Lane, Purley 70 Grosvenor Street Albert Hall, Nottingham Assembly Hall, Walthamstow Baptist Church, Mansfield Brady Girls' Club Brangwyn hall, Swansea Broadcasting House, London: Concert Hall Cambridge Theatre Central Hall, Bristol Central Hall, Islington Central Hall, Newport Central Hall, Westminster City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Hall, Sheffield Civic Hall, Croydon Civic hall, Orpington Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Cockpit, Hyde Park Concert Hall, Leyton Conway Hall Conway Hall Corn Exchange, Bedford Ealing Town Hall: Victoria Hall Eastbrook Hall, Bradford Fleur-de-lis-Hall, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street Forward Movement Church, Morriston Guildhall, Cambridge Gwyn Hall, Neath Hampton Court Palace: William III Orangery Harringay Arena Hippodrome Theatre, Coventry King's College, University of Cambridge Martineau Hall, Dorking Mechanics' Hall, Bacup Miners' Welfare Hall, Featherstone Municipal Hall, Colne Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester Odeon Theatre, Southend-on-Sea Palace Court Theatre, Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth People's Palace, Mile End Road Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Pier Pavilion, Llandudno Playhouse, Wakefield Royal Academy of Music Royal Albert Hall Royal Opera House Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Spa, Scarborough St. Alban's Church, Teddington St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow St. John's College, University of Cambridge: Hall St. John's Parish Church, Bacup St. Stephen's Church, East Twickenham Birmingham Coliseum (afterwards Gaiety) Town Hall, Chelsea Town Hall, Dewsbury Town Hall, Finsbury Town Hall, Hampstead Town Hall, Leeds Town Hall, Reading Town Hall, Watford Town Hall, Wembley (became Town Hall, Brent) Usher Hall, Edinburgh Vauxhall Motors, Luton Walker Memorial Church, Kilbirnie Welfare Hall, Glynneath Wigmore Hall Witney social centre Workmen's hall cinema, Tredegar
Associated Times 20th century - mid 1931-1970
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