Before We Forget

Hello and welcome to Before We Forget, a look into the movements and influences and people that shape our culture today. (I can be found here https://twitter.com/ForgetPodcast and here beforeweforgetpodcast@gmail.com)On this podcast, Alison Young and I talk about Music Hall's riotous beginnings, its eventual glide into respectable mass entertainment and a little bit about how Music Hall is still very much with us.Our guide for today was Alison Young. Her Music Hall blog, linked below has been a wonderful resource and is superbly written and researched.https://musichallalice.wordpress.com/about/Alison is also Secretary for the British Music Hall Societyhttp://britishmusichallsociety.com/Recording with the London Music Hall Choir was a real delight. Here is a recording of a rehearsal wot I made.https://roastedlikeasaltherring.bandcamp.com/album/ed-hicks-the-london-music-hall-choir-rehearsalhttp://londonmusichallchoir.co.uk/If you happen to be in London, Abney Park Cemetery is a surprisingly tranquil stroll where many Music Hall stars are laid to rest.https://abneypark.org/music-hallMusic Hall Warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Hall_Strike_of_1907Brixton and Music Hallhttps://brixtonblog.com/2020/07/brixton-music-hall-history-can-you-help/https://loughboroughroadsw9histories.wordpress.com/BMHS's Resident historian Peter Charlton helped behind the scenes. We talked a lot about music hall outside of London, its Lancashire tradition especially. With all the talk of chairmen overseeing preceedings and the folk tradition, it is content for another planned podcast episode. In the meantime, here is an article he did for another huge and deeply engaging Music Hall resource.http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/LionComiques.htmhttp://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/For folks who want to know a little bit more about Fred Barnes, information is a little sparse but everything about him is fascinating.Here is the British Music Hall Society's precis on Fredhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDSfKfbXk6wChristopher Green impersonates Fred magnificentlyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDRAKVXO7fU&t=412sAnd a little more information on the plays based on Fred's lifehttps://www.wiltons.org.uk/whatson/434-music-hall-monster-the-insatiable-mr-fred-barnesA full pantomime for the uninitiatedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFYcdNKwXvcA Spotify playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/5YZlihliwq1k330mjxhVf4Music CreditsDown at the Old Bull and bush London Music Hall Choir (2021)https://roastedlikeasaltherring.bandcamp.com/album/ed-hicks-the-london-music-hall-choir-rehearsalFlorrie Forde (1903)https://archive.org/details/CollectedWorksOfFlorrieForde/DownAtTheOldBullAndBush1903.mp3She was poor but she was honestCyril Smith (1949)https://archive.org/details/78_she-was-poor-but-she-was-honest_cyril-smith-david-miller_gbia0019054bFollowing in Father's FootstepsVesta Tilley (1906)https://archive.org/details/CollectedWorksOfVestaTilleyVariety bandbox (1950)Philip Slessor / Roin Richmondhttps://archive.org/details/variety-bandbox-22-jan-1950