Updates to the site in 2007
16th November 2007
Bristol Prince's Theatre - New Image Added
14th November 2007
Theatre Royal, Bristol - New Images Added
12th November 2007
Manchester Rusholme Theatre - Page Updated and new Article Added
11th November 2007
Rotherhithe Hippodrome / Terriss Theatre - New Information Added
7th November 2007
Argyle Theatre, Birkenhead - More Images Added
6th November 2007
Argyle Theatre, Birkenhead - New Article and Many Images Added
4th November 2007
Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square / Odeon Cinema - Page Updated
3rd November 2007
Theatre Royal, Edinburgh - New information on Arthur Lloyd and a feat never before attempted Added
1870 Timeline - New Arthur Lloyd dates and cuttings Added
2nd November 2007
London's Lost Theatres and Music Halls - Page Restructured and Images Added
London Pavilion - New Images Added
Gaiety Theatre site London, then and now, New Images Added
Shaftesbury Theatre, London - New Image Added
1st November 2007
Lewisham Hippodrome - New Image Added
31st October 2007
Arthur Lloyd at the London Pavilion - New Cutting Added
Princes Theatre, later the Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue - New Programme Added
30th October 2007
Leeds Theatres - Page Restructured and new Articles and Images Added for the Empire Palace
29th October 2007
Katty King, Arthur Lloyd's wife - Page Updated
Gielgud Theatre, formerly the Hicks / Globe, London - New Programme Added
28th October 2007
Birmingham's Theatres - Page Updated and details Added for the Hippodrome and Adelphi Theatres
New Theatre, Hull - New Programme Added
26th October 2007
T. C. King, Arthur Lloyd's father in law - Page Updated
Theatre Royal, Coventry Updated to include details of T.C.King performing there in 1884
25th October 2007
Hackney Empire - Page Updated again
23rd October 2007
Hackney Empire - Page Updated and New Programme Added
22nd October 2007
Davis Theatre, Croydon - Small piece written by someone who worked there in the 1930s Added
More Arthur Lloyd dates Added to the Timeline for 1870
Review for the South London Palace on the 7th August 1870 Added
17th October 2007
Palace Theatre Feature - New Image Added
The Original Shaftesbury Theatre, London - New Image Added
Brighton's West Pier - Page Updated and New Images Added
Dublin Theatres - Page Updated and information on the Olympia Theatre Added
15th October 2007
Arthur Lloyd at the Sun Music Hall - New Cuttings Added
14th October 2007
12th October 2007
Theatre Royal, Dunlop Street, Glasgow - Page Updated and New Poster Added
Alexandra Theatre, Hull - New Poster Added
Poplar, East London - Page Updated and new Poster Added
Aldershot Hippodrome - New Poster Added
9th October 2007
Details of the vast Theatrical Railway Traffic for one day in 1911
7th October 2007
City Hall, Glasgow - Page Updated and New Arthur Lloyd Cutting Added
Arthur Lloyd and Katty King at the Surrey Theatre - New Cutting Added
Arthur Lloyd Tours America and Canada - New Cutting Added
Advertisement for Arthur Lloyd and Katty King at the Aquarium, Brighton Added
5th October 2007
New Cross Empire - Page Updated and New Programme and Images Added
3rd October 2007
London Coliseum - Many new Images Added
Review for Arthur Lloyd and Company at the Rotundo, Dublin Added
28th September 2007
25th September 2007
Theatre Royal / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Page Restructured and New Image Added - and Enlarged here.
24th September 2007
New article on William Stewart Cruikshank, builder of the King's Theatre, Edinburgh Added
23rd September 2007
21st September 2007
Scarborough Theatres - Page Updated
19th September 2007
Gaiety Theatre Then and Now - New Image Added
17th September 2007
Windmill Theatre Feature - New early Revudeville programme Added
Hackney Empire - New Image Added
16th September 2007
Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, London - New Page Added
14th September 2007
King's Theatre, Edinburgh - New Article and Image Added on the opening of the Theatre in 1906
Tottenham Palace, London - Page Updated and New Information Added
10th September 2007
Hackney Empire, London - New Page Added
7th September 2007
Queen's Theatre, Long Acre, London - Page Updated - New Images Added - New Articles Added
4th September 2007
Brighton West Pier - Page Updated slightly and New Image Added
31st August 2007
Tottenham Palace, London - New Images Added
29th August 2007
New Olympic Theatre, London - Page Updated and New Programme Added
Opera Comique, London -Page Updated and New Programme Added
28th August 2007
Dublin, Ireland Theatres Updated and Theatre Royal Added
Brighton's Palace Pier - New Images Added
21th August 2007
Trades Hall, Glasgow - New Page and Arthur Lloyd Notices Added
Criterion Theatre, London - New Image Added
Grand Theatre, Hull - New Programmes Added
Tivoli Theatre, Hull - New Image Added
20th August 2007
Grand Clapham - Another new Article and Programme Added
Alan Chudley Biography - Page Updated
19th August 2007
Guildford Theatres - New Page Added with New article by Alan Chudley and many images
Grand, Clapham - New Article and Image Added - and Error Corrected
16th August 2007
Kilburn Empire - Images and information about the staff of the Theatre in the 1930s Added
13th August 2007
1st August 2007
Article on Ruby Miller Added to the Gaiety Theatre Feature on this page
Noel Coward Theatre - Error Corrected and Page Updated.
23rd July 2007
The 1951 Liverpool Festival - Part of the Festival of Britain - New Page Added
20th July 2007
Due to the demise of my shopping partner Equisto I have had to remove the Arthur Lloyd shops from the site and I'm sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. I do hope to restore this feature in the future.
17th July 2007
Royal Court, Liverpool - Page Updated
16th July 2007
Astoria Theatre, London - New Image Added
New Ambassadors Theatre, London - 1952 Mousetrap Programme Added
St. Martin's Theatre, London - 1952 Mousetrap Programme Added
15th July 2007
Royal Standard Music Hall London, later the Victoria Palace Theatre - Two new Posters Added
13th July 2007
Arthur Lloyd's 'Dobb's in Paris' - New Song Sheet Added
Arthur Lloyd's 'I'll Place it in the Hands of my Solicitor'' - New Song Sheet Added
Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool - New Image Added
2nd July 2007
New Image Added to - Apollo, Lyric, Globe, and Queen's Theatres
25th June 2007
King's Theatre, Manchester - New Programme Added
Several other Manchester Theatres Updated with Programme Extract Added
24th June 2007
Mexborough Hippodrome - New Page Added with Article by Alan Chudley and Image
22nd June 2007
18th June 2007
Gielgud Theatre, formerly the Hicks / Globe - New Hicks Theatre Programme and Image Added
Garston Empire, Liverpool - New Image and Article Added
16th June 2007
Novello Theatre - Page Updated and New Programme Added for the Waldorf Theatre
15th June 2007
Liverpool Theatres Updated to include New Pages on the Shakespeare Theatre, and The Pavilion Theatre, and a new Programme Added to the Royal Hippodrome Theatre. Also details of J. J. Alley's Theatres in Manchester Added and the Theatre Architects page also now includes his Theatres too.
12th June 2007
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - New Article Added
7th June 2007
New Theatre Hull - New Image Added
6th June 2007
Working at the Palace Pier Theatre, by Alan Chudley
Bedford Music Hall, Camden - Page Updated
4th June 2007
Bedford Music Hall, Camden, London - Page Restructured and New Programme Added
Brighton Palace Pier and Theatre - New Programme Added
28th May 2007
Wood Green Empire - Page Updated with information on the Mikado Family
28th May 2007
Amongst the many hundreds of Theatre Programmes in the Arthur Lloyd Archive are thousands of contemporary advertisements for everything from Bicycles, Cars, and Vacuum Cleaners, to Clothes, Cigarettes, Insurance and Jewelry, dating from as long ago as the early 1800s to the more recent mid 1900s. I've begun building a new site to accommodate them so please take a look if you're interested. http://www.oldadvertisements.co.uk/
Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington - New Page Added
New Cross Empire - New Image Added
27th May 2007
Dolphin Theatre, Brighton - Page Updated
Rotherhithe Hippodrome - New Images Added
24th May 2007
St. George's Hall, Langham Place, London - New Page Added with many Articles, Images and Programmes
23rd May 2007
The Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London - New Page Added
New Theatre, Hull - Page Updated and New Programme Added
18th May 2007
Wood Green Empire - New Image Added
14th May 2007
Wood Green Empire - Page Updated
Leicester Square Theatre - Page Updated
13th May 2007
Harry Nicholls - Added to Burials Page
Empire Theatre, Leicester Square Feature Updated and Cine-Variety Programme Added
Theatres and Cinemas, Past and Present, in London's Leicester Square - New Index Page Added
12th May 2007
A visitor to the site, Tonia Capon, has very kindly sent in some signed Postcards of various artistes that had all performed at the Wood Green Empire and been saved by her Great Grandmother ever since she had worked there as a Dresser in the early 1900s. - See Them all Here...
11th May 2007
Royal Artillery Theatre, Woolwich - New Article Added
6th May 2007
Bradford Civic Playhouse - New Programme Added
Prince's Theatre, Bradford - New Programmes Added
1st May 2007
Two more images Added to Windmill Theatre Feature
30th April 2007
Windmill Theatre Feature Rebuilt with many new Articles, Images and Programmes Added
27th April 2007
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool - New Images Added
21st April 2007
12th April 2007
Belfast, Northern Ireland Theatres and Halls - New Page Added
Balham Hippodrome - New image Added
9th April 2007
Kingston Theatres - Page Updated and New Articles and Images Added
7th April 2007
Alhambra Theatre - New Programme Added
Neptune Theatre, Liverpool - Page Updated
6th April 2007
Gaiety Theatre Site, London, Then and Now - Page Updated and new Image Added
Hastings Pier Theatre - New Article Added
Gaiety Theatre, Chambers Street, Edinburgh - Page Updated and Error Corrected.
Arthur Lloyd's 'Beautiful Forever' - Page Updated with new information on the subject of the song
1st April 2007
Hasting Theatres - Page Updated
31st March 2007
National Picture Theatre, Hull - New Page Added
Sheffield Lyceum Theatre - New Image Added
Tivoli Theatre, Hull - New Image Added
26th March 2007
Horatio Lloyd's Biography - Page Updated and Song Sheet Added
22nd March 2007
St. James's Theatre, London - New Page Added with much detail and many images.
21st March 2007
Burials Page - Two new Additions
Theatre Royal, Hull - Page Updated and New Image Added
7th March 2007
Golders Green Hippodrome - New Page Added with many images and Bertie Crew's Original Plans
6th March 2007
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - New image Added
Gielgud Theatre, London - New Image Added
Sheffield, Lyceum Theatre - New Image Added
5th March 2007
4th March 2007
New dates and review for Arthur Lloyd's Balvogan at the Prince's Theatre, Bradford Added
3rd March 2007
Sheffield Theatres - New Images Added
27th February 2007
Hastings Theatres Updated and some information Added
25th February 2007
Theatre Royal Plymouth - New image Added
20th February 2007
Empress Theatre / Falcon Theatre / New Metropole Theatre, Glasgow - New Page Added
18th February 2007
Empire Hippodrome Theatre, Ashton, Manchester - New Page Added
Windmill Theatre article Updated and error corrected
17th February 2007
14th February 2007
Royal Duchess Theatre, Balham - New Programme Added
13th February 2007
Liverpool Playhouse - New Images Added
12th February 2007
Ted Bottle has very kindly sent in some more of his wonderful Theatre Photographs, this time for Theatres in Manchester, all listed below:
Theatre Royal, Manchester - New Photos Added
Palace Theatre, Manchester - New Photos Added
Opera House, Manchester - New Photos Added
Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester - New Photos Added
Hulme Playhouse, Manchester - New Photos Added
8th February 2007
Tivoli Theatre, Strand, London - New Image Added
Vaudeville Theatre London - New Image Added
Collin's Music Hall Updated and new Images and Programme Added
Liverpool Playhouse - New Image Added
Liverpool Olympia Theatre - New Image Added
7th February 2007
Aldershot Theatres Updated and more info Added
6th February 2007
Theatres and Halls in Aldershot - New section Added with many images and articles.
Sixty Years a Theatre Buff by Alan Chudley
5th February 2007
Bradford Empire Arthur Lloyd Dates Added
Royal Artillery Theatre, Woolwich Updated and image Added
2nd February 2007
Bradford Theatres Updated - St. Georges Hall Added and Arthur Lloyd Dates.
Sheffield Theatres - Page Updated Again
1st February 2007
London Hippodrome Staff Photographs from the early 1900s Added
Sheffield Theatres - Page Updated
21st January 2007
Theatre Royal, Brighton and Brighton Dome Pages Updated and many Images Added
Artur Lloyd's turns, venues and press cuttings for the 1900s Added to the Timeline.
Windmill Theatre Feature Updated and Programme for The Very Last Night Added
17th January 2007
Theatre Roal Drury Lane Updated and Image Added
15th January 2007
Artur Lloyd's turns, venues and press cuttings for the 1890s Added to the Timeline.
Astoria Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London - New Page Added
Borough Theatre, Stratford East - New Images Added
13th January 2007
Harry Lloyd's Painting of the Titanic Added to his page here
Artur Lloyd's turns, venues and press cuttings for the 1880s Added to the Timeline.
Gaity Theatre, London, New image Added
12th January 2007
New Victoria Theatre, Bradford - Two new images Added
10th January 2007
I have split the Timeline page into individual pages for each Decade from 1800 to 1910 to make loading times faster and allow more detail to be added in the future, including adding the rest of Arthur Lloyd's 'Turns.' Links have been updated sitewide.
9th January 2007
Liverpool Playhouse Updated and Jubilee Souvenir Added
New section for Bradford, West Yorkshire, Theatres Added
Sheffield's Montgomery Theatre Added
4th January 2007
Liverpool's Theatres Completely reworked - New Liverpool Index Page Added here