BMHS Archive Collection on Show at Lambeth Archives

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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social 24 hours

Pre-Christmas #songsheetsaturday: 'Ting-a-ling Ting-Tay' by Harry Dacre, sung by Harriet Vernon. A Spanish street musician ('quite the finest and divinest') is courted by a 'gentleman'—until her husband appears. Her only reply? 'Ting-a-ling-a-ling' 💔 #musichall
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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social 1 week

The celebrated #panto patter song - The Shopwalker - a sketch by the one & only Dan Leno who was born #OTD 1860. Composed by George Le Brunn with lyrics by Walter de Freece (later Mr Vesta Tilley) depicting a humorous take on a department store assistant
#songsheetsaturday #musichall #walkthisway
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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social 1 week

Today is #pantoday 👏 👏 👏 Music Hall has a long association with this genre and we have a number of interesting pantomime collections in our #archive including a significant recent donation connected to Dorothy Ward who played in over 40 pantomimes from 1905-1957 including costumes, merch and photos.