Record

Performance TitleDr Barnardo's Homes - Young Helpers' League Birthday Fete
Performance Date28 January 1928
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersSir C A Batho, Lord Mayor of London,
Rev. Arthur Buxton,
Lady Batho - speakers

Watts Naval Training School boys,
Girls' Village Home girls,
William Baker Technical School boys,
Boys' Garden City boys
Orchestra or BandWilliam Baker Technical School Band
ChoirsNational Sunday School Union Choral Society,
Old Bailey,
Camberwell Choral Society,
Brixton And District Choral Society,
Ladbroke Grove Baptist Church Choir,
Leighton Road Mission Church Choir,
Kentish Town,
Shaftesbury Choral Society, Canonbury,
Wycliffe Congregational Church Choir, Ilford,
Edinburgh Castle Choir, Limehouse,
Barnardo Choir (South, North, West, East and Central Sections)
ConductorsMr S Filmer Rook
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings',
'Merry Men Are We', Robertson,
'Sir Eglamore',
'A Garden Reminiscence',
'In London Town', Marchant,
'The Admiral's Broom', Bevan,
'Beautiful Rainbow', Clementine Ward,
'Four and Twenty Blackbirds',
'The Two Rabbits', Annie E Armstrong

Address (Lord Mayor),
Receiving of purses and presentation of banners (Lady Mayoress),
Nursery Rhyme tableaux including a giant pie containg 24 blackbirds (boys) (Girls' Villahe Home),
Demonstrations of printing, painting, tinwork, engineering, and bootmaking (William Baker Technical School),
Sports Display (Boys' Garden City),
Naval Display (Watts Naval Training School)
Performance Notes"TABLEAUX AND SPORTS DISPLAY.
The Albert Hall arena temporarily became a vast playground last Saturday for hundred of boys and girls from Dr Barnardo's big family. They demonstrated the many-sided work which is saving more than 1,800 destitute children every year and fitting them out for life..."
(The Daily Telegraph, 30 January 1928)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1928/8)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/3Pr34Qj3n8-OR
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1928/8Dr. Barnardo's Homes, Young Helpers' League - Programme of the Y.H.L Birthday Fete and Souvenir of the Work28 January 1928
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
YdosoomctipiebDr Barnardo's Homes - Young Helpers' League Birthday Fete1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1597Dr Barnardo's Homes; Watts Naval School; 1903-1953; British charity training school
DS/UK/156Young Helpers' League; 1891-; British charity founded by Thomas John Barnardo (Dr Barnardo)
DS/UK/3766Batho; Sir; Charles Albert (1872-1938); 1st Baronet; British Lord Mayor of London
DS/UK/3767Batho; Bessie (4 November 1872-19 December 1961); British philanthropist
DS/UK/3169Buxton; Arthur (1882-1958); Rev.; British minister
DS/UK/3911National Sunday School Union Choral Society; fl c1883-1920s; British choral society
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