in Croydon Town Hall, Croydon
from Memoirs of Henrietta Burkin, page 37:
At one time when I went to the Sunday Evening service at St Mary’s le Strand, a few of us used to meet in a room afterwards for coffee and a chat, and someone had the bright idea of forming a Concert party. We went every Sunday for rehearsals; we thought up a few sketches, had a “comic”, a pianist, and me singing. Oh the confidence of youth! We decided, would you believe, to hire the Croydon Town hall no less, for a show. We could only hope to sell tickets to friends or colleagues at the office. When I think of that … more >>
Henrietta Burkin, Memoirs of Henrietta Burkin. In Brunel University Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 2:118, p. 37. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1529669430850 accessed: 2 December, 2024
Listening to
hide composersUnspecified songs | performed by Henrietta Burkin |
Unspecified piano music | performed by Woman |
Experience Information
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |