littlebro 234 Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Today's snippet from the Littlebro vault, 5 images of the Hippodrome Music Hall, Nottingham. They were taken in Sept - Oct 1915 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Hey Littlebro some great pictures. The old Gaumont will always stick in my mind cos' as a child I remember being taken by my Ma & Pa to see Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. We left half way through because yours truly threw a hissy fit - well I was only five. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Here are somebetter quality stills of the Royal Hippodrome. They were taken in October & November 1915. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 The Passing Show of 1918 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 15 Jan 2008 ... The Passing Show of 1918 is a Broadway musical revue which opened in the Winter Garden Theater on July 25, 1918. ... According to Wikipedia, it might be a later picture? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 The photos are definately 1915, the car driver in each image is my Grandfather- he went to WW1 in December 1915. The Passing show had a few incarnations - see the attached page: It's Behind You Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted March 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Fascinating site about Nottingham's Theatres Nottingham Theatres Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 See, things just as bad back then! sh1t all over the road, some vandal climbing on cars, no one bothering with seat belts, and lousy looking weather! yes great pics, funny (as in sad) to think all those people will be dead and gone now, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 And they knocked down the Nottingham Empire on the right of the Theatre Royal to build the pile of crap that is there today! Note also the Theatre Square underground bog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I wish I'd had a milliner's shop in those days, everyone wore hats! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I wish I'd had a milliner's shop in those days, everyone wore hats! yer'd ave been better off opening a hat shop then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 The site of the Hippodrome was previously Whitehalls factory that burnt down in August 1905 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Nice to see the telegraph pole survived ......LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 We were MORE americanized back then than we are now....everyone dressed up as gansters....LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I wish I'd had a milliner's shop in those days, everyone wore hats! In Chicago in the thirties two gangsters robbed a bank losing their hats in their getaway.The police arrived minutes later.The streets being packed they had no chance of spotting them. One cop spotted their hats on the floor...on a hunch he ran into a hat shop opposite and there they were buying hats...they knew,and he guessed..they had no chance of a clean getaway without hats.They would have stuck out like a sore thumb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Nice to see the Turf Tavern being supplied by the old dray, Wonder what the "Ale" was like then, Cheaper than now thats for sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 MG.. Them are probably Shippo's osses? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Yes Mick more than likely, I still remember Ale being delivered to "The Dog and Pheasant" on Bloomsgrove St back in the fifties still with a dray and osses Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Not 'Show drays' you can see thats a real weorking dray. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 LOOKING AT THE STILL PHOTOES FROM 1915 I CAN SEE SEVERAL OF THE MEN HAD MUSICAL INTRUMENTS WITH THEM I WONDER IF ITS THE STAFF AND ORCHESTRE MY GREAT UNCLE JAMES OR JACK HENSHAW AS HE WAS KNOW. PLAYED THE TROMBONE AT THE HIPERDROME WONDER IF HE WAS ON THISES PHOTOES SOMEWERE, HE WAS A VERY ELDERLY MAN AS I REMEMBER HIM WHEN I WAS A SMALL CHILD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Everybody looks old when you're a small child. Even I look old these days. :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Babs, The Nottingham Royal Hippodrome was one of many Hippodromes’ belonging to Thomas Barrasford spread across the UK. I believe that they held weekly revues using artistes that travelled from venue to venue. I was told that the five images I posted show sequential weeks in the autumn of 1915. As part of their 'duties', the artists travelled to local WW1 hospitals to entertain injured troops. I also understand that some artistes were foreign nationals in the UK to avoid the war. My grandfather was the chauffeur in the photos, hence the images being available now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 WELL MY GREAT UNCLE JAMES WAS BORN AROUND 1865 SO COME MID 50S HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND 60 YEARS OLD AND THAT WAS CONCIDERED OLD IN THEM DAYAND LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS ONLY ABOUT 70 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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