For #SongSheetSaturday - AJ Mills & Bennett Scott's 'Fall In & Follow Me' (1910) - 'I know the way to go, I'll take you for a spree; You do as I do and you'll do right, Fall in and follow me!' It seems an appropriate sentiment the day AFTER #MusicHallVarietyDay 🎶
May 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
For #SongSheetSaturday - AJ Mills & Bennett Scott's 'Fall In & Follow Me' (1910) - 'I know the way to go, I'll take you for a spree; You do as I do and you'll do right, Fall in and follow me!' It seems an appropriate sentiment the day AFTER #MusicHallVarietyDay 🎶
If you had a go at our #MusicHallVarietyDay WORDSEARCH yesterday, then here are the answers! Did anyone manage to find them all?
#MHVD2025 #MusicHall
#MHVD2025 #MusicHall
May 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
If you had a go at our #MusicHallVarietyDay WORDSEARCH yesterday, then here are the answers! Did anyone manage to find them all?
#MHVD2025 #MusicHall
#MHVD2025 #MusicHall
Wonderful end to an excellent #musichallvarietyday 2025!
Laughs a plenty at ‘Duck Soup’ and a splendid intro by Matthew Jarron touching on Chaplin, Keaton, Dan Leno & more! (I did a bit too!)
Much thanks to @musichallsociety.bsky.social for sponsoring tonight’s screening!
#MHVD2025 #FoodAndDrink
Laughs a plenty at ‘Duck Soup’ and a splendid intro by Matthew Jarron touching on Chaplin, Keaton, Dan Leno & more! (I did a bit too!)
Much thanks to @musichallsociety.bsky.social for sponsoring tonight’s screening!
#MHVD2025 #FoodAndDrink
May 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Wonderful end to an excellent #musichallvarietyday 2025!
Laughs a plenty at ‘Duck Soup’ and a splendid intro by Matthew Jarron touching on Chaplin, Keaton, Dan Leno & more! (I did a bit too!)
Much thanks to @musichallsociety.bsky.social for sponsoring tonight’s screening!
#MHVD2025 #FoodAndDrink
Laughs a plenty at ‘Duck Soup’ and a splendid intro by Matthew Jarron touching on Chaplin, Keaton, Dan Leno & more! (I did a bit too!)
Much thanks to @musichallsociety.bsky.social for sponsoring tonight’s screening!
#MHVD2025 #FoodAndDrink
Evan’s Supper Rooms once languished in Covent Garden along from where the Apple Store 🍏 now sits.
#MusicHallVarietyDay
Women were not permitted in the audience for many years!
#foodanddrink
#MusicHallVarietyDay
Women were not permitted in the audience for many years!
#foodanddrink
May 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Evan’s Supper Rooms once languished in Covent Garden along from where the Apple Store 🍏 now sits.
#MusicHallVarietyDay
Women were not permitted in the audience for many years!
#foodanddrink
#MusicHallVarietyDay
Women were not permitted in the audience for many years!
#foodanddrink
That’s a wrap!
Thanks for being part of #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 — we’ve had a blast! Same time, same place next year. Keep the stories coming! We have loved seeing your contributions. Please enjoy looking back over #MusicHallVarietyDay posts on here and on other social media platforms.
Thanks for being part of #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 — we’ve had a blast! Same time, same place next year. Keep the stories coming! We have loved seeing your contributions. Please enjoy looking back over #MusicHallVarietyDay posts on here and on other social media platforms.
May 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
That’s a wrap!
Thanks for being part of #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 — we’ve had a blast! Same time, same place next year. Keep the stories coming! We have loved seeing your contributions. Please enjoy looking back over #MusicHallVarietyDay posts on here and on other social media platforms.
Thanks for being part of #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 — we’ve had a blast! Same time, same place next year. Keep the stories coming! We have loved seeing your contributions. Please enjoy looking back over #MusicHallVarietyDay posts on here and on other social media platforms.
A film made during the BMHS visit to the Clapham Grand in March 2025 - the Grand celebrates it's 125th anniversary this year #MHVD2025 #MusicHallVarietyDay
Check out the film here:
fb.watch/zD9t_Mjrab/
Check out the film here:
fb.watch/zD9t_Mjrab/
fb.watch
May 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A film made during the BMHS visit to the Clapham Grand in March 2025 - the Grand celebrates it's 125th anniversary this year #MHVD2025 #MusicHallVarietyDay
Check out the film here:
fb.watch/zD9t_Mjrab/
Check out the film here:
fb.watch/zD9t_Mjrab/
"More tea, vicar?" Vesta Tilley is dressed as a curate, offering tea on a tray following the theme of food and drink for #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
May 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"More tea, vicar?" Vesta Tilley is dressed as a curate, offering tea on a tray following the theme of food and drink for #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
On #MusicHallVarietyDay here are six treasured possessions on the theme of #FoodandDrink
6/6: Show’s over for another year. A well-deserved drink with Jean Curley (Wilson and Keppel’s final Betty), Joe Keppel and Jack Wilson. Cheers!
#MHVD2025
6/6: Show’s over for another year. A well-deserved drink with Jean Curley (Wilson and Keppel’s final Betty), Joe Keppel and Jack Wilson. Cheers!
#MHVD2025
May 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On #MusicHallVarietyDay here are six treasured possessions on the theme of #FoodandDrink
6/6: Show’s over for another year. A well-deserved drink with Jean Curley (Wilson and Keppel’s final Betty), Joe Keppel and Jack Wilson. Cheers!
#MHVD2025
6/6: Show’s over for another year. A well-deserved drink with Jean Curley (Wilson and Keppel’s final Betty), Joe Keppel and Jack Wilson. Cheers!
#MHVD2025
Enjoying #MusicHallVarietyDay?
Why not join the British Music Hall Society? We’ve been preserving and celebrating this tradition for over 60 years — and with your help, we’ll be here for 60 more.
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Why not join the British Music Hall Society? We’ve been preserving and celebrating this tradition for over 60 years — and with your help, we’ll be here for 60 more.
britishmusichallsociety.com/join-us
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May 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Enjoying #MusicHallVarietyDay?
Why not join the British Music Hall Society? We’ve been preserving and celebrating this tradition for over 60 years — and with your help, we’ll be here for 60 more.
britishmusichallsociety.com/join-us
Why not join the British Music Hall Society? We’ve been preserving and celebrating this tradition for over 60 years — and with your help, we’ll be here for 60 more.
britishmusichallsociety.com/join-us
Wonderful #MusicHallVarietyDay 2025 walk - which ended with a very special treat - a look around what was Springthorpe’s Music Hall. Much thanks to Drawing Projects Scotland for the warm welcome!
For more info: linktr.ee/dundeemusich...
#MHVD2025 #FoodAndDrink
@musichallsociety.bsky.social
For more info: linktr.ee/dundeemusich...
#MHVD2025 #FoodAndDrink
@musichallsociety.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Wonderful #MusicHallVarietyDay 2025 walk - which ended with a very special treat - a look around what was Springthorpe’s Music Hall. Much thanks to Drawing Projects Scotland for the warm welcome!
For more info: linktr.ee/dundeemusich...
#MHVD2025 #FoodAndDrink
@musichallsociety.bsky.social
For more info: linktr.ee/dundeemusich...
#MHVD2025 #FoodAndDrink
@musichallsociety.bsky.social
What are you having for your dinner? This man - from Clapham - is very hungry. Anyone know why he's hungry and what's going on in Clapham?
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodandDrink
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodandDrink
May 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
What are you having for your dinner? This man - from Clapham - is very hungry. Anyone know why he's hungry and what's going on in Clapham?
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodandDrink
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodandDrink
#MusicHallVarietyDay
All Together Now! 🎶🎶 poor cat! 🙀😿
‘Oh, that Gorgonzola cheese
It wasn't over healthy I suppose
For the old tomcat fell a corpse upon the mat
When the “Niff” got up its nose’
Oh! That Gorgonzola Cheese Harry Champion 1894
All Together Now! 🎶🎶 poor cat! 🙀😿
‘Oh, that Gorgonzola cheese
It wasn't over healthy I suppose
For the old tomcat fell a corpse upon the mat
When the “Niff” got up its nose’
Oh! That Gorgonzola Cheese Harry Champion 1894
May 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#MusicHallVarietyDay
All Together Now! 🎶🎶 poor cat! 🙀😿
‘Oh, that Gorgonzola cheese
It wasn't over healthy I suppose
For the old tomcat fell a corpse upon the mat
When the “Niff” got up its nose’
Oh! That Gorgonzola Cheese Harry Champion 1894
All Together Now! 🎶🎶 poor cat! 🙀😿
‘Oh, that Gorgonzola cheese
It wasn't over healthy I suppose
For the old tomcat fell a corpse upon the mat
When the “Niff” got up its nose’
Oh! That Gorgonzola Cheese Harry Champion 1894
Anyone for sausages? #MusicHallVarietyDay #FoodandDrink. These are from the Harry Harper/Lennox Collection in our archive. Harry was a Scottish variety comic. There are also musical fingers in this collection!
#musichall
#musichall
May 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Anyone for sausages? #MusicHallVarietyDay #FoodandDrink. These are from the Harry Harper/Lennox Collection in our archive. Harry was a Scottish variety comic. There are also musical fingers in this collection!
#musichall
#musichall
On #MusicHallVarietyDay here are six treasured possessions on the theme of #FoodandDrink
5/6: Food and drink aplenty on a Dinner For One paper serviette. Freddie Frinton and May Warden in this 1960s sketch, largely forgotten in the UK but a New Year’s Eve tradition over much of Europe.
#MHVD2025
5/6: Food and drink aplenty on a Dinner For One paper serviette. Freddie Frinton and May Warden in this 1960s sketch, largely forgotten in the UK but a New Year’s Eve tradition over much of Europe.
#MHVD2025
May 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
On #MusicHallVarietyDay here are six treasured possessions on the theme of #FoodandDrink
5/6: Food and drink aplenty on a Dinner For One paper serviette. Freddie Frinton and May Warden in this 1960s sketch, largely forgotten in the UK but a New Year’s Eve tradition over much of Europe.
#MHVD2025
5/6: Food and drink aplenty on a Dinner For One paper serviette. Freddie Frinton and May Warden in this 1960s sketch, largely forgotten in the UK but a New Year’s Eve tradition over much of Europe.
#MHVD2025
Here are Lily Harold and Mimi St Cyr on magic lantern slides.
#MusicHallVarietyDay
#MHVD
@musichallsociety.bsky.social
#MusicHallVarietyDay
#MHVD
@musichallsociety.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Here are Lily Harold and Mimi St Cyr on magic lantern slides.
#MusicHallVarietyDay
#MHVD
@musichallsociety.bsky.social
#MusicHallVarietyDay
#MHVD
@musichallsociety.bsky.social
Biscuit or bun with your tea?
Florrie Forde preferred doughnuts with jam. This 1924 “comedy chorus song of the year” was personalised by the owner of this sheet music, now in our archive.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodandDrink
Florrie Forde preferred doughnuts with jam. This 1924 “comedy chorus song of the year” was personalised by the owner of this sheet music, now in our archive.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodandDrink
May 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Biscuit or bun with your tea?
Florrie Forde preferred doughnuts with jam. This 1924 “comedy chorus song of the year” was personalised by the owner of this sheet music, now in our archive.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodandDrink
Florrie Forde preferred doughnuts with jam. This 1924 “comedy chorus song of the year” was personalised by the owner of this sheet music, now in our archive.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodandDrink
Tea and a stroll, anyone? In 1902, Marie Lloyd introduced the playful parody “The Bond Street Tea-Walk”, turning genteel tea-taking into a Music Hall 'scena' (or sketch) - “The Tea-Walk takes the tea-cake ev'ry time!” #MusicHallVarietyDay #FoodandDrink
May 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Tea and a stroll, anyone? In 1902, Marie Lloyd introduced the playful parody “The Bond Street Tea-Walk”, turning genteel tea-taking into a Music Hall 'scena' (or sketch) - “The Tea-Walk takes the tea-cake ev'ry time!” #MusicHallVarietyDay #FoodandDrink
On #MusicHallVarietyDay here are six treasured possessions on the theme of #FoodandDrink
4/6: Fancy an aperitif in a set of What’s My Line glasses? Featuring Terry-Thomas, Zoe Gail, Josephine Douglas, Arthur Askey, David Nixon & Carole Carr.
#MHVD2025
4/6: Fancy an aperitif in a set of What’s My Line glasses? Featuring Terry-Thomas, Zoe Gail, Josephine Douglas, Arthur Askey, David Nixon & Carole Carr.
#MHVD2025
May 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
On #MusicHallVarietyDay here are six treasured possessions on the theme of #FoodandDrink
4/6: Fancy an aperitif in a set of What’s My Line glasses? Featuring Terry-Thomas, Zoe Gail, Josephine Douglas, Arthur Askey, David Nixon & Carole Carr.
#MHVD2025
4/6: Fancy an aperitif in a set of What’s My Line glasses? Featuring Terry-Thomas, Zoe Gail, Josephine Douglas, Arthur Askey, David Nixon & Carole Carr.
#MHVD2025
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
Throwback to 2024…
This time last year we unveiled a Blue Plaque at the Batley Variety Club site, honouring founder James Corrigan. The unveiling was led by Billy Pearce with the indomitable Maureen Prest by his side
#MusicHallVarietyDay
This time last year we unveiled a Blue Plaque at the Batley Variety Club site, honouring founder James Corrigan. The unveiling was led by Billy Pearce with the indomitable Maureen Prest by his side
#MusicHallVarietyDay
May 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Throwback to 2024…
This time last year we unveiled a Blue Plaque at the Batley Variety Club site, honouring founder James Corrigan. The unveiling was led by Billy Pearce with the indomitable Maureen Prest by his side
#MusicHallVarietyDay
This time last year we unveiled a Blue Plaque at the Batley Variety Club site, honouring founder James Corrigan. The unveiling was led by Billy Pearce with the indomitable Maureen Prest by his side
#MusicHallVarietyDay
Next up - Wilton’s Music Hall and Ada Reeve. #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD202 @musichallsociety.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Next up - Wilton’s Music Hall and Ada Reeve. #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD202 @musichallsociety.bsky.social
A version of a familiar Sickert music hall painting, this time on a fan. On show at the Museum of Fans in Greenwich, where the current exhibition is about fans and the theatre.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
May 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A version of a familiar Sickert music hall painting, this time on a fan. On show at the Museum of Fans in Greenwich, where the current exhibition is about fans and the theatre.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
On #MusicHallVarietyDay here are six treasured possessions on the theme of #FoodandDrink
3/6: Lunch at a ‘mood food’ restaurant – written by me for Chris Emmett and birthday boy Roy Hudd in a 2001 News Huddlines. Hear the full sketch (starting at 17:18) here archive.org/details/the-...
#MHVD2025
3/6: Lunch at a ‘mood food’ restaurant – written by me for Chris Emmett and birthday boy Roy Hudd in a 2001 News Huddlines. Hear the full sketch (starting at 17:18) here archive.org/details/the-...
#MHVD2025
May 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
On #MusicHallVarietyDay here are six treasured possessions on the theme of #FoodandDrink
3/6: Lunch at a ‘mood food’ restaurant – written by me for Chris Emmett and birthday boy Roy Hudd in a 2001 News Huddlines. Hear the full sketch (starting at 17:18) here archive.org/details/the-...
#MHVD2025
3/6: Lunch at a ‘mood food’ restaurant – written by me for Chris Emmett and birthday boy Roy Hudd in a 2001 News Huddlines. Hear the full sketch (starting at 17:18) here archive.org/details/the-...
#MHVD2025
It’s WORDSEARCH time! Think you’ve been paying attention? Our 2025 puzzle is trickier than ever, with clues hidden in today’s posts. Solution revealed tomorrow…
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodandDrink
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodandDrink
May 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It’s WORDSEARCH time! Think you’ve been paying attention? Our 2025 puzzle is trickier than ever, with clues hidden in today’s posts. Solution revealed tomorrow…
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodandDrink
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025 #FoodandDrink