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Background imageEntertainment Collection: Alexandra Theatre NWC01_01_1388

Alexandra Theatre NWC01_01_1388
Alexandra Theatre, Market Street, Newton Abbot, Teignbridge, Devon. The Alexandra Theatre viewed from the east. The Alexandra Theatre, later Alexandra Cinema

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Glastonbury Festival 33825_047

Glastonbury Festival 33825_047
Glastonbury Festival 2019, 11 days after it had ended, Pilton, Somerset, 2019

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Glastonbury Festival 33825_043

Glastonbury Festival 33825_043
Glastonbury Festival 2019, 11 days after it had ended, Pilton, Somerset, 2019

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Glastonbury Festival 33825_042

Glastonbury Festival 33825_042
Glastonbury Festival 2019, 11 days after it had ended, Pilton, Somerset, 2019. The pyramid stage

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Glastonbury Festival 33825_038

Glastonbury Festival 33825_038
Glastonbury Festival 2019, 11 days after it had ended, Pilton, Somerset, 2019

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Dancefloor JLP01_08_054037

Dancefloor JLP01_08_054037
The Grand Hotel, Broad Street, Bristol. A group of people dancing at the Grand Hotel. This dinner and dance was attended by staff from Laings South-Western region with retiring directors

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Pipe band JLP01_08_093260

Pipe band JLP01_08_093260
Royal Scot Hotel, Kings Cross Road, Islington, Greater London. The Royal Scots Regiment pipe and drum band marching on Kings Cross Road outside the Royal Scot Hotel to mark its official opening

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Acrobat JLP01_09_792078

Acrobat JLP01_09_792078
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. A circus acrobat performing an act hanging from a wire during the annual Laing Gala Day at the Elstree Sports Ground

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Accordionist JLP01_09_771211

Accordionist JLP01_09_771211
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. An accordionist playing at the annual Laing Gala Day. This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Seniors dinner dance JLP01_08_093470

Seniors dinner dance JLP01_08_093470
Flying Eagle, Mollison Way, Edgware, Harrow, Greater London. Senior citizens at a Christmas dinner and dance, watching a cabaret artist providing the entertainment

Background imageEntertainment Collection: An evening entertainment JLP01_08_008450

An evening entertainment JLP01_08_008450
Carlisle, Cumbria. A group of people performing on stage at the farewell party for W B Haughan, General Manager of Laings Carlisle branch

Background imageEntertainment Collection: An evening entertainment JLP01_08_008447

An evening entertainment JLP01_08_008447
Carlisle, Cumbria. Rows of seated guests enjoying the evening entertainment at the farewell dinner for W B Haughan, General Manager of Laings Carlisle branch A farewell dinner

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Worthy Farm JEH_22064_004

Worthy Farm JEH_22064_004
Worthy Farm, Somerset, 1971. Car park for the Glastonbury Fair of 1971, the second year a festival had been held at Worthy Farm. The first festival in 1970 was called The Pilton Festival

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Worthy Farm JEH_22064_003

Worthy Farm JEH_22064_003
Worthy Farm, Somerset, 1971. The Glastonbury Fair of 1971, the second year a festival had been held at Worthy Farm. The first festival in 1970 was called The Pilton Festival

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Worthy Farm JEH_22064_002

Worthy Farm JEH_22064_002
Worthy Farm, Somerset, 1971. The Glastonbury Fair of 1971, the second year a festival had been held at Worthy Farm. The first festival in 1970 was called The Pilton Festival

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Worthy Farm JEH_22064_001

Worthy Farm JEH_22064_001
Worthy Farm, Somerset, 1971. The Glastonbury Fair of 1971, the second year a festival had been held at Worthy Farm. The first festival in 1970 was called The Pilton Festival

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Blackpool Pleasure Beach EAW077739

Blackpool Pleasure Beach EAW077739
Blackpool, Lancashire. Blackpool Pleasure Beach resort and amusement park, photographed in August 1959. First founded in 1896, it was used as inspiration for the first Disneyland (at Anaheim)

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Blackpool Pleasure Beach a047934

Blackpool Pleasure Beach a047934
PLEASURE BEACH, Blackpool, Lancashire. Blackpool Pleasure Beach is one of the most popular holiday attractions in England, and offers rides such as the double ferris wheel seen here

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Yorkshire Wheel 28272_026

Yorkshire Wheel 28272_026
The Wheel of York or Yorkshire Wheel at the Royal York Hotel, Station Road, York. The ferris wheel operated from December 2011 to September 2013

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Punch and Judy show a98_10838

Punch and Judy show a98_10838
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Children watching a Punch and Judy show on the beach, with the Britannia Pier in the background. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in 1948

Background imageEntertainment Collection: St Leonards Lido EAW103329

St Leonards Lido EAW103329
St Leonards Lido, Hastings (now demolished). Photographed in July 1962. Aerofilms Collection

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Bear Garden & Globe Theatre, Southwark 65S_BAN_1600_M

Bear Garden & Globe Theatre, Southwark 65S_BAN_1600_M
MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION. Bear Garden and Globe Theatre, Southwark, London, c.1600. Engraving c. 1815. Sparrow.Del, Austin.SC (drawn by Sparrow, engraved by Austin)

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Walpole Picture Theatre, Ealing BL21704

Walpole Picture Theatre, Ealing BL21704
WALPOLE PICTURE THEATRE, Ealing, London. Cinematograph opening in July 1912. Photograph commissioned by Bovis Ltd of their building by architect Js Beard

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Flying circus EPW041022

Flying circus EPW041022
Flying circus, April 1933. Aviation events like this one were popular entertainments between the wars, including aerobatics, barnstorming and wing-walking (as seen here)

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Bandstand, Barnes Park Sunderland

Bandstand, Barnes Park Sunderland
Late C19 cast-iron bandstand in Barnes Park, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear. IoE 391389

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Former Essoldo Cinema

Former Essoldo Cinema
Striking Art Deco style cinema, now disused. Stretford, Greater Manchester. IoE 438795

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Unicorn a089655

Unicorn a089655
The Unicorn of the Westminster Morris Men with a stick dance in progress. Photographed at Arkesden, Essex in 1954

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Morris Dancing FF003016

Morris Dancing FF003016
Town Street, Thaxted, Essex. A group of morris dancers and a unicorn hobby horse at a Thaxted Morris Ring meeting. Photographed by John Gay in the mid-1960s

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Yorkshire Wheel 28272_021

Yorkshire Wheel 28272_021
The Wheel of York or Yorkshire Wheel at the Royal York Hotel, Station Road, York. The ferris wheel operated from December 2011 to September 2013

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Chamber Organ J870119

Chamber Organ J870119
KENWOOD HOUSE, THE IVEAGH BEQUEST, London. Chamber organ by John England & Son, London c.1790

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Cinema organ BB87_02757

Cinema organ BB87_02757
Organ at the Odeon Cinema, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, London. Interior view. The Haverstock Hill Odeon was designed by T P Bennett & Son and opened on 29 September 1934

Background imageEntertainment Collection: Bandstand, Victoria Park, Southport

Bandstand, Victoria Park, Southport
Cast iron bandstand in Victoria Park, Southport, Merseyside. IoE 456323



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