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1900 Arthur Lloyd complimentary matinee at the Royal January 6th - City Hall Glasgow, Theatre Royal Inverness, Jan 13th Palace of Varieties Aberdeen Jan 20th - London - Gatti's, Metropolitan Jan 20th - Gatti's, Metropolitan February 3rd - Gatti's, Metropolitan, Feb 10th Metropolitan Feb 24th - Empire Cardiff March 3rd - Empire Swansea March 10th - Empire Newport, March 17th - Empire Nottingham, March 31st - Empress Brixton Sep 3rd - People's Palace Sunderland August 4th - The Entracte states that: 'Forty Five Years in Theatre and Music Hall - A book of reminiscences, is being prepared by Arthur Lloyd.' If you know anything about this book or the whereabouts of the manuscript please Contact Me... London Hippodrome opens 15 January London Hippodrome Programme for 30th July Grand Theatre, Woolwich Opens Wallace collection displayed in current location in Manchester Square Mount Pleasant postal sorting office opens Passmore Edwards Museum in Stratford opens Russell Hotel opens Central London Railway (Central Line) opens 1901 Arthur Lloyd's 'royal' colleague 'Jolly John Nash dies Feb 11th - Performs Park Palace Liverpool Feb 18th - Paddington Palace Liverpool April 6th - Empress, Brixton 8.45, (Sketches), Metropolitan 10.00 (Songs) April 13th - Vacant - Address given as 45 Grand Parade, Harringay MAy 11th - Arthur Lloyd becomes manager and director of the Pavilion Gorleston Sep 28th - Gorleston Season over - Address given as 36 Blythwood Road, Crouch Hill. Dec 7th - Park Palace Liverpool Dec 14th - Paddington Palace Liverpool Dec 16th - Palace Theatre, Hull Camden Theatre opens Brighton's Palace Pier Completed Hackney Empire Opens Death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (The queen mother) born on 4 August 1900, during the last few months of the reign of Queen Victoria. Daughter of Scottish aristocrats who inherited the titles of Earl and Countess of Strathmore when Elizabeth was three. Ninth of ten children. Wigmore Hall opens First electric trams from Shepherds Bush to Acton and Kew Bridge 1902 Arthur Lloyd recording on Zonophone? Jan 4th - Arthur Lloyd and his Daughters play the Palace Theatre, Bristol Jan 18th - Palace, Sunderland 27th Jan - Palace Theatre Aberdeen Feb 3rd - Palace, Dundee Feb 10th - Empire, Edinburgh Feb 17th - Empire, South Sheilds Feb 24th - Empire, Newcastle March 3rd - Empire, Leeds March 10th - Empire, Bradford March 17th - Empire, Sheffield March 24th - Central Hall, North Sheilds April 5th - Opera House, Cheltenham April 12th - Arthur Lloyd's date-book was showing a few blanks April 18th - Empress Brixton, Metropolitan May - Managed Pavilion by Sea Gavleston for summer season Sep 1st - Arthur Lloyd with his daughters Lilly and Dulcie for a week at the Paddington Palace, Liverpool in the comedy sketch ' Little Charlie or the twin Sisters' Sep 8th - Arthur Lloyd with his daughters Lilly and Dulcie for a week at the Park Palace, Liverpool in the comedy sketch ' Little Charlie or the twin Sisters' Nov 19th - Arthur Lloyd and children perform at the Broadway Theatre, New Cross Dec - Arthur Lloyd with his daughters Lilly and Dulcie for a week at the Park Palace, Liverpool in the comedy sketch ' Little Charlie or the twin Sisters' Four theatres were demolished when London's Aldwych, named after the old Wych Street, was constructed. This vast operation began in the last years of the nineteenth century and was not finally completed until after the First World War. Four theatres were demolished during the early stages of the work. The Olympic Theatre in Wych Street and the Opera Comique in the Strand were closed in 1899, the Globe Theatre in Newcastle Street shut its doors in 1902. This was followed by the closure of the Gaiety Theatre in the Strand in June of the same year. King's Theatre, Hammersmith opens Boar war ends as the treaty of Vereeniging is signed Edward IIV is crowned King at Westminster Abbey Aswan dam completed after four years of construction 1903 Arthur Lloyd begins year in London January 24th - Balham Empire March 9th & 14th - Park Hall Hanwell March 14th - Palace Theatre, Bristol & People's Palace, Plymouth March 28th - Duchess Palace Balham April 4th -Tivoli Manchester April 11th - Palace Sunderland April 18th - Palace Derby April 25th - Gaiety Oldham May 2nd - Palace Northhampton June - Cambridge Music Hall June 13th - Cambridge Music Hall August 15th - - Palace Blackburn Dec 5th New Gaiety Theatre built Chelsea Palace Theatre built Shepherds Bush Empire built Brighton West Pier Pavilion converted to a theatre First London electric Tramway opens Pope Leo dies at 93 years old Sir Henry Irving leaves the Lyceum Orville and Wright achieve heavier than air flight in an aircraft built by themselves United States concludes treaty paving the way for the building of the Panama canal 1904 Jan 18th - Palace Theatre, Hull Arthur Lloyd dies in Edinburgh G.W Hunt dies Charles Morton, identified with an epoch in music hall history, dies London Coliseum Opens Empire Hippodrome, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester Opens Dame Anna Neagle Born - Real name Florence Marjorie Robertson London Colossium built Japan and Russia at war Anton Dvorak dies New York Citty subway formally opened 1905 Dec 26th - The Arthur Lloyd Trio 'Little Charlie or the Twin Sisters' at the Palace Theatre, Hull Royal Strand Theatre demolished to make way for Aldwych underground station Royal Artillery Theatre, Woolwich rebuilt and reopened King's Theatre, Manchester opens Aldwych Theatre opens Henry Irving dies Waldorf Theatre, later Strand / Novello Theatre built 1906 Nov 19th - The Arthur Lloyd Trio 'Little Charlie or the Twin Sisters' at the Palace Theatre, Hull J. L. Toole dies Holborn Empire Opens His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen Built King's Theatre, Edinburgh Built Hicks Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue Opens Kilburn Empire Theatre Built East Ham Palace Theatre Built 1907 Arthur Lloyd Trio perform at the Crouch End Hippodrome Arthur Lloyd Trio perform at the Regent Theatre of Varieties, Salford Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue Opens 1908 See this Special Feature Article on British Music Hall Tottenham Palace Opens Kilburn Empire Theatre Opens 1909 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910