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In 1866 brothers Carlo and Giovanni Gatti acquired premises under two of the arches beneath the new Charing Cross Railway Station. A year later, they opened them as a music hall. The hall was affectionately known as Gatti's-Under-the-Arches to avoid confusion with the brothers' other music hall in the Westminster Bridge Road, Gatti's-Over-the-Water or in-the-Road. Gatti's-Under-the-Arches was renamed the Hungerford Music Hall in 1883, and later became the Charing Cross Music Hall, as it is called in this advertisement issued as a New Year card.
Featured here is Bessie Bonehill (1855-1902), a male impersonator with a clear and powerful voice and well known for her patriotic songs, 'Here Stands A Post, Waiting For The Signal' and 'The British Tar'. Also listed is Daisy Lloyd, a sister of the more famous Marie Lloyd, perhaps the finest of music hall's comic women singers. Like her sister, Daisy enjoyed a long stage career, which extended to the Second World War when she entertained the troops. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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