Anthony Binns

Group of young people outside of CYTO at The Shoestring

We are delighted to announce that we have awarded £80k in grants to 12 community theatres through our Small Grants Programme with The Linbury Trust for projects to improve access, sustainability and audience experiences 🎉

Read more about the grants
www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

This #songsheetsaturday marks the approx. birthdate of Miss Ella Shields (born Baltimore, Maryland in 1879). Here is her 1919 Darewski number by Huntley Trevor & John Neat - 'Where Did You Find the Lady?' All about Bertie Blandford's adventures at the seaside after his demobilisation #MusicHall

I'll be there!!!

Events | British Music Hall Society Our events are sociable affairs and open to everyone, come along and join us!

Two fantastic #BMHS events this October! 🎭
📚 Archive on Show @ Lambeth Archives – Thu 9 Oct, 2pm
🎤 Kirsty Roberts Talk @ The Water Rats – Tue 21 Oct, 7pm (celebrating Black performers in Morecambe’s history)
📖 Book here: britishmusichallsociety.com/events

Looking forward to seeing this on catch up

More local advertising - this time we have a look at places to eat on Streatham High Road in 1961.

This week's #songsheetsaturday celebrates George Robey's birth #OTD 1869 with a cover of 'If I Had a Baby Like You' from the 'Joy-Bells' revue performed in this show with Shirley Kellogg. Albert De Courville's 'Joy-Bells' debuted at the London Hippodrome in March 1919 #musichall #revue #archive

Talk: exploring changing pub culture – The White Horse and other Brixton pubs, Tues 23rd Sept 2025 Hosted by the  Loughborough Road History project, this talk looks at the fascinating history of Brixton pubs, focusing on the iconic White Horse, Loughborough Hotel and others.

🙏 @brixtonbuzz.bsky.social for the mention of talk coming up on Tuesday www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/09/expl...

These adverts from a 1954 Streatham Hill Theatre programme give a fascinating glimpse of the local area.

As far as we know, the Change of Use application for Streatham Hill Theatre will not be assessed by Lambeth until October at the earliest. This means that there is still an opportunity to register your objection by e-mail. More information on our site - https://streathamhilltheatre.org

Thank you to @charlieholland.bsky.social @roadsw9.bsky.social @chrisabbott.bsky.social @youngalison.bsky.social Ally Wolf of the Clapham Grand and Christine Padwick for a fantastic series of lightning talks last night covering items in the BMHS Archive with a Lambeth connection
#MusicHall #archives

A fantastic smorgasbord of Music Hall enthusiasts and experts, researchers, writers, performers 📚🤓😎🎩🎭

Take a look and follow!
@musichallsociety.bsky.social
@youngalison.bsky.social
@wandaopalinska.bsky.social

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Stanley Holloway was the star of the music and comedy variety show Savoy Follies, opening at Streatham Hill Theatre on 12th September 1932.

And another smorgasbord of historians, experts, archives, enthusiasts
Do take a look and follow! Point👇

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Group of people on a guide tour of HOME Arches

Congratulations to HOME and Jon Matthews Architects for winning @news.architectsjournal.co.uk Retrofit & Reuse Award for Adaptive Reuse for the fantastic HOME Arches project

We were lucky enough to get a sneak preview of the space last year as part of our conference

#RetroFirst

Our very first 'archive on show' morning was such a success back in August that we are running it again, on the afternoon of Thursday 9 October 2025, 2pm at Lambeth Archives. Booking details here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/britishmusic...

When Love Creeps in Your Heart is our tune for this week's #SongsheetSaturday.
It was written by A.J. Mills and Bennett Scott, and sung by both Dorothy Ward & Evie Greene, We're sharing both versions here - it's surprising how similar they are.

The Friends are giving a presentation on the SHT and our campaign to the Equity South London Branch meeting on Saturday 20th September 1-3 pm at Brixton House and online. Our London Equity member supporters are welcomed by the branch as guests.

Archive | British Music Hall Society Our archive is a unique resource documenting all aspects of the Music Hall world, not only artistes but also songwriters, venues, promoters, audiences and landladies.

Our Archive page now features a guide to using the BMHS Archive and our Collections Policy for potential donations. We constantly update ARCHIVES HUB - you can explore more at: britishmusichallsociety.com/archives

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A rare chance to see the bar in the basement of Streatham Hill Theatre. For more brilliant photos and video of the interior of this magnificent building, see our Blog Page on urban exploration teams here - https://streathamhilltheatre.org/urban-explorers-visit-sht-📺

Coming up #LambethHeritageFestival month.

3.30pm Sat. 6th Sept. as part of Local History Fair day I’ll be at Clapham Library talking Four-legged performers, just one of them on brochure cover.

www.lambethlocalhistoryforum.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Virtual visit the current & past exhibitions here

www.glynnvivian.co.uk/visit/take-a...

Another great exhibition from @glynnvivian.bsky.social

www.glynnvivian.co.uk/whats-on/tig...

One for @misterslang.bsky.social ... the term 'flapper' remembered as being used of young milliners out for a dance in the 1850s/60s or thereabouts (Caldwell's seems to have closed in the early 1870s) [source from 1909 archive.org/details/remi...

This week’s contribution for #songsheetsaturday is “Good-Bye-Ee!” 🎶
A 1917 WW1 hit by Weston & Lee, and the last song Miss Florrie Forde sang before her passing in 1940. Decades later, it lent its title to the unforgettable final Blackadder Goes Forth episode
#MusicHall

Ever wondered about what Streatham Hill Theatre looks like on the inside?
On our Blog, we have amazing video from Urbandoned and stunning photos from 28 Days Later. See them both here - https://streathamhilltheatre.org/urban-explorers-visit-sht-📺

Streatham Hill Theatre is on our #TheatresAtRisk Register and this group is working tirelessly to find a way to bring it back into performance and community use

Go along to the online meeting to find out more

Want to update your theatre's office furniture, but don't have the budget? We may be able to help...

University of Oxford has identified some surplus furniture to be recycled and it would great if it would go to good use in a theatre ♻️

Find out more
www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

#OTD 1808 the first Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, burned down. Opened in 1732, it was then known as the Theatre Royal. Reopened 1809 & burned again 1858. A frequent 19th-century hazard. Hope someone shouted "fire!"
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#OtD 8 Aug 1842 a general strike of 500,000 workers in the UK began. The strikers, fighting wage cuts and for universal suffrage for men, sabotaged equipment and set up committees to provide essential services. The govt sent in troops but some mutinied stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1076...