Kitty Eckersley in Manchester - 1914
from Forgotten Voices of the Great War, pages 14-15:
Well, we had a friend in Canada who had enlisted over there, and when he came back, he visited one night and asked us, ‘Would we go to the Palace?’ He had booked seats for the Palace and would we like to go? We didn’t know what was on, of course, but it was a great treat for us. So we went. And when we got there everything was lovely. Vesta Tilley was on stage. She was beautifully dressed in a lovely gown of either silver or gold. But what we didn’t know until we got there was that also on stage were Army officers with tables all set out for recruiting. She introduced those songs, … more >>
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Max Arthur (ed.), Forgotten Voices of the Great War (London, 2002), p. 14-15. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1401982110229 accessed: 23 December, 2024
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Rule Britannia
written by Thomas Arne |
performed by Vesta Tilley |
We don't want to lose you, but we think you ought to go | performed by Vesta Tilley |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1914 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by hgb3 on Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:28:30 +0100