in Royal Festival Hall - 1954

from Southbank Centre Archive:

In about 1954 when I was six years old I was taken to the Royal Festival Hall to hear an Earnest Read Childrens' Concert.  I'm told I was overwhelmed by the hall and the music, but what I remember is the ice-cream.  It was vanilla, in a little tub with pink icing round the edge and the RFH Lyre in the centre.  I went to many more childrens' concerts and a lifetime of adult ones but I've never seen such an ice-cream again.

cite as

Southbank Centre (ed.), Southbank Centre Archive. In Southbank Centre Archive. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1447692186886 accessed: 29 March, 2024 (Southbank Centre Archive, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about-us/history-and-archive/southbank-centre-archive)

location of experience: Royal Festival Hall

Listening to

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Children's Concert

Experience Information

Date/Time 1954
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by Liz Ford on Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:43:07 +0000
Approved on Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:00:03 +0000