Images Dated 11th May 2021

Officers of Arms of the Heralds College, 1952

Participants in the Coronation Ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II. The Officers of Arms of the Heralds College (l to r): Bluemantle, J A Frere; Windsor Herald, R P Graham-Vivian; Richmond Herald, Anthony Wagner; York Herald, A J Toppin; Clarenceux King of Arms, Sir Arthur Cochrane; Garter King of Arms, Sir George Bellew; Earl Marshal of England, the Duke of Norfolk; Portcullis, the Master of Sinclair; Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, Sir Gerald Wollaston; Rouge Dragon, R Mirrlees; Lancaster Herald, A G B Russell; Chester Herald, J D Heaton-Armstrong; Rouge Croix, J R Bromhead Walker; and Somerset Herald, Major M R Trappes-Lomax. Date: 1952

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The Boy, a musical comedy by Fred Thompson and Percy Greenbank

The Boy, a musical comedy by Fred Thompson and Percy Greenbank, adapted from The Magistrate by A W Pinero, with music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre on 14 September 1917, it ran for 801 performances. The central joke is that, because his mother has subtracted years from her age, the boy is older than he is said to be, and so only too happy to be grabbed by the young women. Touring to the Kursaal, Bognor, production by MacDonald and Young. Date: circa 1918

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Edmund Payne as Max Moddelkopf and Happy Fanny Fields as Mitzi in The Girls of Gottenberg

Edmund Payne as Max Moddelkopf and Happy Fanny Fields as Mitzi in The Girls of Gottenberg by George Grossmith and L E Berman; with music Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. First produced at the Gaiety Theatre, London, from 15 May 1907. Touring to the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, George Edwardes Company. Date: circa 1910

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