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BP01 Panopticon Museum Vol 1
Subject
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Social History
Music Hall
Waxworks
Creator
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[A. E. Pickard]
Source
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Pickard's Scrapbooks collection at Royal Scottish Conservatoire Archives.
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Pickard's Papers project. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust / University of Glasgow / Heritage Lottery
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Pickard's Papers Project, processed by Berta Ramos
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Original: Hard-bound paper scrapbook
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English
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Text
Identifier
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BP01
Coverage
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Edwardian
Description
An account of the resource
This scrapbook covers the early history of the Britannia Panopticon under Pickard's management.
Newspaper cutting
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Glasgow News, The Evening Times, Daily Record and Mail
Date
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January 23 1907, January 22 1907
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JANUARY
RECO RD AND MAIL,
1907
THE
TIMES,
THE BRITANNIA.
Y
A delightful programme is rubmitted at
the Britannia this week D'Argan and
Pens are a couple who submit a clever
illusionist act that is smartly performed,
and causes great merriment. Elsie Russell,
comedienne, sings and dances in a pleasing
way, and her contributions meet with hearty
' acceptance. Sisters La Blinde, male im-
personators, futniah a good "nnn,' J and
their top-boot dance is smartly executed,
and merits the applause bestowed. Lew
: I.ux an eccentric comedian, creates loud
laughter with his eccentricities. Rex and
Rex patter comedians, have amusing cross
talk’ The chronophone remains a feature
of the bill, and the entertainment concludes
with an interesting series of animated pic-
tures* . ,
At the American Museum, a few doors
. east of the Britannia, there is at present
being exhibited an American lady who
turns the scale at over 40 stones-Scwt.
She is one of the most remarkable sights
ever seen in the city, and yesterday large
crowds visited the museum.
LONDON
A XKW iiOLIi.
VARIETY ARTISTES STILL
. ON STRIKE.
Tho strike of music hall artistes is causing
I a gTOa ’ t deal of inconvenience to the manage
ment of local houses in London and to the
theatre-going public.
I Gr , and l CIa Pham, a large crowd
r ff a thered at toe stage doors to witness
°- f - th ° a ' rtlstes ’ but beyond some
Oo°in„ and hissing nothing* untoward hao-
HURGLAKS’ HAIL. JANUARY 22. 1907.
£300 STOLEN FROM A GLASGOW
MUSIC HALL
. w -“'ft uirnuyvaiu Iha-p- < 'tit’ll
^ ars ^ numbcr of police had j profession h
no difficulty in maintaining order.
Sonic of tho unemployed artistes wore on
picket duty and those artistes who had
come as substitutes for the strikers were
by means of pesos 'ijl picketing induced to !
go away. J
Inside the house the effect of the
MYSTERIOUS CASE.
omo member or members of tho burgling j
as secured a rich haul
fr-'-W** r
gow this week, and the police are now actively 1
engaged investigating the matter. The sum
involved amounts to between £300 and £400. ;
The place which has suffered this loss is '
the Pavilion Music Hall in Renfield Street.
Last week was a busy one at the establish-
ment, big houses being the rule, and the
drawings vvero securely locked away in a f
maseive safe in the manager’s room 1 ,' .which ’
Glas- l
strike
I was most noticeable. In place of the usual
I orchestra, there wfcs , a violin and a piano.
I J here was an unugual delay In changing,.
the scenes, ard it wa. evident to ail present j arl ^I'artment situated near the stage.'
| that the light, was hing manipulated by I Saturday night everything was in
pit
u. 1^7
1 PICKARDS MUSEUM, Trosgate
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT, at Enormous Cost, of
America’s Champion Fat Girl,
tost. 71b. of. YOUTH AND BEAUTY.
A SIGHT NEVER TO RE FORGOTTEN.
ALL Tint WORLD IN WAX.
JUST ADDED.
SIR TTKNRV CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN.
AHEAD OF THE TIMES.
ADMISSION • ?d
Sole Proprietor ... A. E. PI CKARD. Unlimited.
B R I
T A N N I A
PANOPTICON.
PERFORMANCES DAILY at 2, 4. 7. and 9.
GRAND VARIETY COMPANY,
• Including REX and REX. SISTERS LA BLONDE,
i I FW-I L T X D'ARGAN and DENE, ELSIE RUSSELL.
and the CHRONOPHONE. also PANOPTOSCOPb,
! with New Films and Up-to-Date
Sole Proprietor '. A. E. PICKARD. Unlimited.
inexperienced hand's.
II No programme* were issued, the turns
Doing announced tfroni the stage. Only one
iLof the advertised turns \va« given, and r the
house was only throe-parts full.
At tho Duchess Theatre, Balham, practi-
cally the same state- of things prevailed
hehS fortunate than the Graoid, dhey were
Kti| r ©d u -ed to the use of a piano to goeoinpaiirv
.;^J{ tlic> artistes.
jj At the Duchess also picketing was ~
" cl * n> an< ^ beyond a little hissing
jpM disorder occurred.
MUSIC-HALL ARTISTS’
GRIEVANCES.
MUSIC-HALL STRIKE.
London, Tuesday. — Great activity prevails
this morning at £he head office of the V aricty
Artistes’ Federation. Knots of artistes may
be seen engaged in animated conversation and
offering congratulations on tho success of last
night’s strike.
in reply to a Central News representative,
an official of the federation stated that no com-
munication had been received from the alleged
delinquent managers of the several music-halls
affected bv the strike last night with a view to
a settlement of the dispute.
PERFORMANCE PREVENTED.
There was a sudden ending to tho perform- .
ance at the Holborn Empire Theatre, London, .
last night, the crowd that had gathered for the j
second performance having to be turned away, j
as the management, owing to a dispute with
the artists, were unable to present a pro-
gramme. Most of the company at tho theatre
belong to the recently-formed Music-Hall
Artists’ Federation.
Still Another Musical Prod1o;Y>- A fftw j
j use has, according to the “Musical *7 l cnirnal,’’ j
: been discovered for tho phonidgianfpih. A
! young Lady in Australia, believing she had a ;
! good vaioCj was anxious to come to London ;
j to oorapete for a scholarship. The infipira- ;
1 tion seized her to sing into a phonograph. ;
land send the record to a well-
| known teacher of ^Shginig over here, l
. asking his advice. Bhc did so. and,
« as tlhe result of the prof«f>r’6 favourable ver-
1 diet, the lady came to hbis country, and was
one of the two sucoesdfitl candidates out of
, 190 competitors. Oongmtu lotions to the lady,
ofessor — -and
- rt „ w ___ ... pro-
per order when tho attendants left for (he j
night. The ro- was a meeting in the building !
on Sunday, but* again all was secure when f
tho place was .locked up. But when the |i
keeper arrived on Monday morning the d’is- !
coverv was made that burglars had bfeen j
there and got away after a most successful [
visitation.
•So far, the matter is centred in mystery — i
though one who sees the wrecked safe has [
:j no hesitation in concluding that the burglars |
1X1 ji carried out a thoroughly expert job. The :
uo j face of the safe had been drilled and bashed j
i on the top and then wrenched open, the £300 i
r\ j odds taken away, and no trace left of the ;
pvi v i»it beyond the battered safe. Nothing else I
had been touched, the only other evidence *
of depredation being the broken lock of the
door which had been forced.
How an entrance to the building was
j gained is not known. It might bo suggested
j that the burglars had attended the meeting
1 and then remained concealed, but the theatre
I pcoplo do not entertain this theory. The
J manager, Mr. Lloyd, answering our represen-
I tative,' said that a thorough search had been
j made before the place was closed.
The more likely explanation is that by
means of false keys the door loading from
Renfrew .Street to the gallery had been
j forced, and then the entire theatre traversed,
| the manager's room being at the opposite ,
side of the hall.
Mr. Lloyd expressed the opinion that
the burglars must have had the j
establishment under closer' observation. The j
j manager further stated that there is nothing 1
j R> ftij^rgejt that anyone employed in the
j Pav’il ion; pr-'foncernod in the affair. "
E' Meantime the police of tho Northern
j dd strict? 1 .are making inquiries* but so far!
j no arrests have been made.
“ The Fighting 1 Parson ” '
Successful.
Lord Ardwall gave judgment in ,an action
i of furthcoming at the' instance of L’gggat Bros.,
printers, Glasgow, against Moss Empire (Ltd.),
, as arrestees, and George -Gray, known in
music-hall circles as ** Tho Fighting Parson,’’
; as principal debtor.
In tho year 1905, Mr Gray, to oblige one
; whom he considered a friend, guaranteed
1 the payment of the printing account of the
“Events” Publishing and Advertising Qonn
pany. Gray having refused to make pay/nentS*
under his guarantee, the pursuers raised an^
action ^against him in this Court for payment
of £Tc5, in which they obtained decree against
him in absence, and upon that* decree they
sought now to make effectual certain arrest- ,
ments which were used on the dependence of
that action. The defender Gray being a domi-
ciled ^Englishman,, the .pursuers attempted to
found jurisdiction against him by usibg at 4.20
p.m. on Thursday. 14th June, 1906. arrestments
against him in the hands of Moss Empire*
(Ltd.), and tho decision in this case turned on
the question whether or not these arrestments
attached funds belonging to Gray in
j the hands .of Moss Empires. During
the week ending 26th June fast Gray was £ul-
; filling an engagement with Moss Empires in
J Glasgow. He was aware that proceedings
i v ere to be taken aga inst him. and had tele-
i graphed to Moss Empires’ central offices in
| London asking that his payment, for the week
should be sent, to him at once. He said that -j.b
i was sent in a letter dated 13th June, 1906, to ;
j the manager of the company iri Glasgow b Wa
cheque in his favour, that ' he received tho,,,
Lcheque on the morning of Thursday, 14th June, *
Hsnd that before 2.30 p.m. the same day he
endorsed the cheque, and handed it over for
an onerous consideration to a creditor, who-sub
sequently cashed it. The pursuers on the other
hand said that the cheque was not sent from
London till the 14th June, and did not arrive
in Glasgow till the morning of the 15th, and
that the defender Gray got possession of it
then The main issue, in fact, therefor© came
to be, did that cheque reach Glasgow on the*
morning of Thursday, the 14th, or on tho
rr.crning of Friday, the 15th June.
Lord Ardwall assoilzied the defenders from?
the conclusions of the summons, and found the
defender Gray entitled to expenses against th<%
pursuers. His Lordship was of opinion that
the documentary evidence, which was not dis-
placed bv tho oral evidence in tho case, was
entirely in favour of the cheque having beer*
sent off on the 13th and received in Glasgow oa
the morning of tho 14th of June. Ho was ac-
cordingly of opinion that the arrestments on the
afternoon of 14th June to found jurisdiction in
f the action in which decree was obtained against
| George Gray on 10th July, 1906. did not attach
i any funds duo or belonging to George Gray.
It followed that jurisdiction was not effectually?
constituted against him, that the decree
inept, and that the arrestments used, and which
! were libelled in tho summons, were also inept*
j the pro fessor
the phonograph ! *
»r
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Identifier
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BP01.63
Title
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BP01.63 Scrapbook page
Subject
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Social History, Variety Theatre
Source
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Pickard's Papers: Panopticon Museum Vol 63
Description
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Newspaper cuttings about The Britannia Panopticon and museum, a music hall strike, a music hall burglary, a musical prodigy, the phonograph, and a dispute between Leggat Bros, Moss Empires Ltd and George Gray.
Contributor
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Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust
Publisher
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Pickard's Papers project. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust / University of Glasgow / Heritage Lottery Fund
Language
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English
Coverage
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Edwardian
Format
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image/jpegfrom paper original
Creator
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[A. E. Pickard]
Rights
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This material is made available for non-commercial research and education purposes, and no copyright infringement is intended. If the material is still in copyright, or contains sensitive information, please contact us and we will take it down.
music-hall
robbery
singer
strike
variety