Alison Young
@youngalison.bsky.social
Ran way from the law to join the music hall. Now often to be found running around with a clipboard organising events & the archive for the British Music Hall Society. Would rather be researching & writing…
My blog: https://musichallalice.wordpress.com
My blog: https://musichallalice.wordpress.com
Nice design touch here in this promotional card for the Holland Bros in the #archive of @musichallsociety.bsky.social They are 'British Athletes Advanced', 'A genuine Herculean Equilibristic Novelty' and they've got great centre-partings too.
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Nice design touch here in this promotional card for the Holland Bros in the #archive of @musichallsociety.bsky.social They are 'British Athletes Advanced', 'A genuine Herculean Equilibristic Novelty' and they've got great centre-partings too.
And the merch was pretty comprehensive too #alwaysexitthroughthegiftshop
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
And the merch was pretty comprehensive too #alwaysexitthroughthegiftshop
Really enjoyed 'Radical Harmony' at the National Gallery. I'm always a sucker for anything with 19th century café -concert/music hall vibes, and the landscapes were stunning too, especially the vibrant colours of the River Thames with factories emitting pollution. Seurat, Pissarro, Lemmen, Signac.
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Really enjoyed 'Radical Harmony' at the National Gallery. I'm always a sucker for anything with 19th century café -concert/music hall vibes, and the landscapes were stunning too, especially the vibrant colours of the River Thames with factories emitting pollution. Seurat, Pissarro, Lemmen, Signac.
I had a great day @thelondonarchives.bsky.social yesterday talking unrideable mules🐴 (yes! really!) at the Clapham Grand, and listening to some excellent talks from @roadsw9.bsky.social @naomipaxton.bsky.social Tony Fletcher, Jane Pritchard, Wanda Robins, Mark Fox, Alison Boulton and Meera Flynn.
November 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I had a great day @thelondonarchives.bsky.social yesterday talking unrideable mules🐴 (yes! really!) at the Clapham Grand, and listening to some excellent talks from @roadsw9.bsky.social @naomipaxton.bsky.social Tony Fletcher, Jane Pritchard, Wanda Robins, Mark Fox, Alison Boulton and Meera Flynn.
A couple of Edwardian #showgirls in the items on display last week at the @musichallsociety.bsky.social ‘Archive on Show’ at @lambetharchives.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A couple of Edwardian #showgirls in the items on display last week at the @musichallsociety.bsky.social ‘Archive on Show’ at @lambetharchives.bsky.social
Great ‘Spotlight on MUSIC HALL’ exhibition @thelondonarchives.bsky.social - small but perfectly formed!
October 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Great ‘Spotlight on MUSIC HALL’ exhibition @thelondonarchives.bsky.social - small but perfectly formed!
It was a gorgeous day yesterday for @adrianpgibson.bsky.social ‘s stink pipes & the hidden river Effra lunchtime walking tour. Herne Hill & Brixton looked magnificent & I learnt some fascinating facts and realised I have been walking past & over some interesting landmarks for years.Thank you Adrian!
September 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
It was a gorgeous day yesterday for @adrianpgibson.bsky.social ‘s stink pipes & the hidden river Effra lunchtime walking tour. Herne Hill & Brixton looked magnificent & I learnt some fascinating facts and realised I have been walking past & over some interesting landmarks for years.Thank you Adrian!
August 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
To those who like to track down #MusicHall ephemera on Ebay etc, please bear this mind when posters for the Argyle, Birkenhead (some of the most visually brilliant posters of the day) are offered for sale
July 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
To those who like to track down #MusicHall ephemera on Ebay etc, please bear this mind when posters for the Argyle, Birkenhead (some of the most visually brilliant posters of the day) are offered for sale
Last week I was on the island of Öland in Sweden. It was all moody skies, gentle breezes & appealing wooden structures. NO heat. God, how I would like to be back there today.
July 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Last week I was on the island of Öland in Sweden. It was all moody skies, gentle breezes & appealing wooden structures. NO heat. God, how I would like to be back there today.
The menu shows how French cuisine remained the height of fashion & sophistication. How many oysters and turbot were consumed at such fancy Music Hall events, washed down by consommé, a sorbet grenade & a 'Bombe Alexandra'?
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
May 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The menu shows how French cuisine remained the height of fashion & sophistication. How many oysters and turbot were consumed at such fancy Music Hall events, washed down by consommé, a sorbet grenade & a 'Bombe Alexandra'?
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
In November 1932, my grandmother Norah, 24, attended the Grand Order of the Water Rats Ball at the Park Lane Hotel with her Uncle Albert Egbert and Aunt Daisy Dormer. The evening's entertainment, 'Rats in the Attic or Rushonanoffski', was written by Will Hay & Marriott Edgar #MusicHallVarietyDay
May 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In November 1932, my grandmother Norah, 24, attended the Grand Order of the Water Rats Ball at the Park Lane Hotel with her Uncle Albert Egbert and Aunt Daisy Dormer. The evening's entertainment, 'Rats in the Attic or Rushonanoffski', was written by Will Hay & Marriott Edgar #MusicHallVarietyDay
Another entry from Larry's autograph book (my g-grandfather) for #MusicHallVarietyDay on a Food & Drink theme - The Boganny Troupe of acrobats and their highly successful LUNATIC BAKERS sketch. This dates from an appearance at the Leeds Empire (now Leeds Grand Theatre) in March 1916
#MHVD2025
#MHVD2025
May 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Another entry from Larry's autograph book (my g-grandfather) for #MusicHallVarietyDay on a Food & Drink theme - The Boganny Troupe of acrobats and their highly successful LUNATIC BAKERS sketch. This dates from an appearance at the Leeds Empire (now Leeds Grand Theatre) in March 1916
#MHVD2025
#MHVD2025
A happy group of #MusicHall performers enjoying beers in Germany during their 1923 'Rhine Army Amusements' tour. Far left is my g-grandfather Larry Lewis/Levy; 2nd & 3rd from right are my g-grandmother Violet & her friend Marie Kendall (actor Kay Kendall's grandmother) #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
May 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A happy group of #MusicHall performers enjoying beers in Germany during their 1923 'Rhine Army Amusements' tour. Far left is my g-grandfather Larry Lewis/Levy; 2nd & 3rd from right are my g-grandmother Violet & her friend Marie Kendall (actor Kay Kendall's grandmother) #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
'Nibble on the corn you say?' My great-grandmother Violet looks suspiciously at the photographer & wonders what she is doing in Cardiff surrounded by corn bundles pretending she's enjoying herself #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #MusicHall
May 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
'Nibble on the corn you say?' My great-grandmother Violet looks suspiciously at the photographer & wonders what she is doing in Cardiff surrounded by corn bundles pretending she's enjoying herself #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #MusicHall
For #MusicHallVarietyDay I have been raiding the family 'archive' for items on the Food&Drink theme. Here's an entry in my g-grandfather's autograph book by performer, Griff: "A belly full of wind is better than an empty stomach". Never a truer word spoken! (Circus of Varieties, Bury, 14 June 1906)
May 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
For #MusicHallVarietyDay I have been raiding the family 'archive' for items on the Food&Drink theme. Here's an entry in my g-grandfather's autograph book by performer, Griff: "A belly full of wind is better than an empty stomach". Never a truer word spoken! (Circus of Varieties, Bury, 14 June 1906)
Insightful & engaging conversation between @hallierubenhold.bsky.social & @maddypelling.bsky.social last night at Coram on Hallie’s ‘Story of a Murder’. Great Q&A too. Am delighted those Ladies of the #MusicHall Guild get their time in the spotlight @musichallsociety.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Insightful & engaging conversation between @hallierubenhold.bsky.social & @maddypelling.bsky.social last night at Coram on Hallie’s ‘Story of a Murder’. Great Q&A too. Am delighted those Ladies of the #MusicHall Guild get their time in the spotlight @musichallsociety.bsky.social
That’s breakfast sorted 🐣
April 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
That’s breakfast sorted 🐣
For #MusicHallMonday an illustration of Vesta Tilley by Sidney Kent for her 1908 hit ‘I’m Obliging Brother Bertie’. Interesting decision to promote the song out of character as elegant, ‘ladylike’ Vesta and not as Harold the character in the song #maleimpersonator
April 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
For #MusicHallMonday an illustration of Vesta Tilley by Sidney Kent for her 1908 hit ‘I’m Obliging Brother Bertie’. Interesting decision to promote the song out of character as elegant, ‘ladylike’ Vesta and not as Harold the character in the song #maleimpersonator
#MusicHallMonday My favourite pic of Victoria Monks (c/o BNA) at the wheel along with a ‘bevy of fair music hall favourites’ from the Music Hall Ladies Guild (MHLG). You can read more about this remarkable group of women in Hallie Rubenhold’s Story of A Murder. #WhereDidYouGetThatHat
March 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
#MusicHallMonday My favourite pic of Victoria Monks (c/o BNA) at the wheel along with a ‘bevy of fair music hall favourites’ from the Music Hall Ladies Guild (MHLG). You can read more about this remarkable group of women in Hallie Rubenhold’s Story of A Murder. #WhereDidYouGetThatHat
South London’s finest schools are staying firmly South of the River #StateSchools #StateEducationBestEducation
March 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
South London’s finest schools are staying firmly South of the River #StateSchools #StateEducationBestEducation
For #MusicHallMonday a Dec 1930 bill poster for the London Music Hall aka the Shoreditch Empire (demolished 1935) from the #archive of @musichallsociety.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
For #MusicHallMonday a Dec 1930 bill poster for the London Music Hall aka the Shoreditch Empire (demolished 1935) from the #archive of @musichallsociety.bsky.social
As those who know my posts from ‘the other place’ I have been a keen observer of the sub-category #MusicHallTeeth Here’s a clipping from the Music Hall & Theatre Review Aug 1906- The People’s Teeth Association, ‘Dainty Teeth for Actresses’ 🦷#MusicHallMonday
March 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
As those who know my posts from ‘the other place’ I have been a keen observer of the sub-category #MusicHallTeeth Here’s a clipping from the Music Hall & Theatre Review Aug 1906- The People’s Teeth Association, ‘Dainty Teeth for Actresses’ 🦷#MusicHallMonday
#MusicHallMonday Beautiful Wilton’s Music Hall in Grace’s Alley, London E1 “the handsomest pleasure room in the district” (The Daily News, 1864) #MusicHall
March 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#MusicHallMonday Beautiful Wilton’s Music Hall in Grace’s Alley, London E1 “the handsomest pleasure room in the district” (The Daily News, 1864) #MusicHall
A fascinating 2 days at the Cinema Museum for the 1st European Circus Conference. Talks on circus innovators, buildings, touring circuits, acrobats & gymnasts, Mazeppas, Chinese magicians…Thank you to Ringmaster @charlieholland.bsky.social & the organising team for a brilliant weekend #circushistory
March 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A fascinating 2 days at the Cinema Museum for the 1st European Circus Conference. Talks on circus innovators, buildings, touring circuits, acrobats & gymnasts, Mazeppas, Chinese magicians…Thank you to Ringmaster @charlieholland.bsky.social & the organising team for a brilliant weekend #circushistory