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Captions for Bury St Edmunds Other Entertainment
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Title
Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Skating rink
Date:
c1876
Caption:
Mr T B Robinson opened his skating rink in the grounds of his residence, Brooke House, Westgate Street on Easter Monday, 17th April 1876. The rink was 92 feet by 36 feet laid on concrete covered with Spanish asphalt, to provide a surface like ice. The south side and centre were open to the elements but the other sides were under cover. There was a practice room, called a 'Nursery', where clients could be taught how to roller-skate. One of the maltings of Greene King in Westgate Street was known as Rink Maltings in 1880.
Title
Entrance to the Royal Agricultural Society Showground, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
15 -19 July 1867
Caption:
The site was part of Grange Farm, off Northgate Street, now part of the Eastern Way Industrial Estate. The proximity of the railway line enabled sidings to be laid to the site. A Guidebook described the entrance as '...an extended wood building, having central entablature, and on either side a pedimented wing with pilasters...in the building are offices for the Council, a Post Office...turnstiles for admissions will be in the centre and those for egress on the right and left.'
Title
Unknown venue, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1867
Caption:
Possibly Suffolk Show
Title
Entrance to the Royal Agricultural Showground, Bury St Edmunds
Date:
1867
Caption:
Visitors to the Royal Agricultural Society Show
Title
Bury St Edmunds, Town Football Team
Date:
1904-1905
Caption:
The club was founded by William Lake at a meeting held in the Suffolk Hotel in 1872, making it one of the oldest football clubs in the country. It took up residence in Kings Road, also known as the Cemetery Road Ground, in 1888, moving to the current Ram Meadow Ground in 1978. Players for the 1904/05 season included F J Wise, R Ridley, C Tilbrook, H G King, E F Wise, H C Sore, the Rev'd H M Mills, L C Smith, D Boby, H Younghusband, G Lacey-Scott and J Enoch.
Title
Bury St Edmunds Football Club
Date:
1919 -1920
Caption:
In the 1919 -20 season, Bury Town Football Club won the Ipswich and District League Championship. The man in the suit is Frederick Stutely, the Club Secretary. Holding the ball is W E Chetwood, the team captain. Further details of the club and this season can be found in 'The History of Bury Town Football Club 1874 - 1976 ' by John Wybrew.
Title
Bury St Edmunds Operatic and Dramatic Society, 'Iolanthe'
Date:
1920
Caption:
The Bury St Edmunds Operatic Society's first production was Gilbert & Sullivan's 'HMS Pinafore' at the Theatre Royal in 1903. In 1920 it became the Bury St Edmunds Operatic and Dramatic Society, but its first dramatic production was not until 1923 with Pinero's 'His House in Order'. When the Theatre Royal closed in 1925 the Society moved its productions to the Playhouse in the Buttermarket which had opened in the same year. The Playhouse closed in 1959 and various venues were used until the Theatre Royal re-opened in 1965. The Society continues to present an annual musical production, but has not produced a play since 1974. This image shows the cast of Gilbert & Sullivan's 'Iolanthe', which ran from 23rd to 27th November 1920. H I Jarman played the Earl of Mountararat.
Title
Bury St Edmunds Operatic and Dramatic Society, 'The Private Secretary'.
Date:
1924
Caption:
The image shows the cast of Charles Hawtry's 'The Private Secretary' which ran from 12th to 14th January 1924. This was an ad hoc production to raise funds for the Mayor's Unemployment Fund. The cast included many members of B O A Ds including H I Jarman. ô
Title
Bury St Edmunds Operatic and Dramatic Society ,'The Gondoliers'
Date:
1924
Caption:
The cast of Gilbert and Sulivan's 'The Gondoliers' which ran from 28 October to 1 November 1924. H.I.Jarman played Don Alhambra. The Society's last production in the Theatre Royal until 1965.
