Artwork : ArchiveNo00036

Concert Programme 1959

ContributionForm
Contributor Name	Claire Looney
Contributor Image	Claire_Looney_blue_pic.jpg
Profession	Arts Officer
Location	Portsmouth Civic Offices
Collection Date	09.11.06 1.55pm
Artefact Name	Concert Programme
Artefact Description	1950's design. Poor condition. Programme to celebrate the re-opening of Portsmouth Guildhall. It's falling apart at the edges with water damage.
Artefact Date	1959
Artefact Stored	Office tray in Civic Offices
Artefact Form	0036-form.jpg
Artefact Image	0036.jpg
Sample Taken	Paper from edge
Sample Image
History of Artefact	The Queen came to the re-opening of the Guildhall which had been built after it had been bombed during the war in 1941. There was a concert to celebrate the re-opening which she attended. Large scale orchestral concerts in Portsmouth have been a tradition for a long time. The inside cover shows Lord Mayor councillor L.J. Evans. M.P.S, J.P.'
Historian	Catherine Smith
Previous Owners	None
Special Memories	'The programme is kept so that Portsmouth City Council can recreate that concert in 2009, fifty years later. The orchestra still exists and we still have a relationship with them.'
Artwork Image	0036-1959_concert.jpg

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I	Attachmentb	Action	Size
jpg	0036-1959_concert.jpg	manage	90.2 K
jpg	0036-form.jpg	manage	46.7 K
jpg	0036.jpg	manage	39.2 K
jpg	Claire_Looney_blue_pic.jpg	manage	42.3 K