CIVIC THEATRE
-L thank Councillor Lyons for b ' s B mT? 10 "' 1 was conductor of but “wa, Voice , Cl1 ° ir at that time, sent certainly never preJ®” 1 -,. ar any conference. The result would have been ex?ent y \ h « Sa . me if 1 had been preens’ Al ter two ab ? rt!v e polls musiccert ‘hl? grateful for any conth?? J l .? 11 a loaf was better than no bread. However, tu quoque arguments were always weak, and councillor Lyons’s censure of music“a .gilder and lawyer on the City Council ’ was more than weak. We might take an inspiring example from Wolverhampton. Up to 1938 there was no concert hall. Occasionally the public baths were emptied and provided with a floor for the purpose. An influential and musical mayor was elected; the council got busy and in 1938 was opened a fine civic hall seating nearly 3000 people. The annual cost to the ratepayers was Is 4d a head.—Yours, etc., JOHN C. BRADSHAW. August 21, 1947.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25270, 23 August 1947, Page 3
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