LEEDS attendance figures for the Festival of Britain Land Travelling Exhibition are beating Manchester’s “hands down,” a Festival official said today. Total for the first three days in Leeds is 26,120 – which is 11,467 more than the number in the first three days at Manchester. Yesterday’s Leeds total of…
Festival – Leeds in the lead
Attendances at the Festival of Britain travelling exhibition on Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, are easily beating the Manchester figures. Bt 3pm, 3,954 people had today visited the exhibition bringing the total figure since the exhibition opened on Saturday, to more than 30,000. Yesterday’s attendance at Woodhouse Moor was 7,301, compared with…
32,757 see Leeds exhibition
The Festival of Britain travelling exhibition on Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, was visited by 6,723 people yesterday, bring the total attendance since the exhibition opened on Saturday to 32,757, compared with 27,829 at Manchester. For the first time the attendance figure yesterday was lower than on the comparable day at Manchester,…
Leeds still leads Manchester
The Festival of Britain travelling exhibition on Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, was visited by 6,498 people yesterday, bringing the total since the exhibition opened last Saturday to 54,619. The exhibition at Manchester on the comparable day attracted 5,779 visitors, and and the total reached was 48,579. Yorkshire Post
87,814 visited the Campania
The Festival ship Campania, which left Hull yesterday for Plymouth, was visited by 87,814 during her 10-day stay in King George Dock. Saturday’s attendance figure was 6,907. The sea travelling exhibition has attracted a grand total of 386,430 to date. Yorkshire Post
Y.S.O. concert attendances
In the Royal Festival Hall, on Saturday evening, the closing concert of London’s season of the arts was was given by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. All the music by Ireland, Haydn, Elgar, Holst and Walston bore some titular reference to the capital save one item – a Te Deum by…
‘A Sleep of Prisoners’
The Pilgrim Players’ performance of Mr. Christopher Fry’s new play, “A Sleep of Prisoners,” at St. George’s Church, Leeds, this week, should prove to be one of the most important events in the city’s Festival of Britain celebrations. First, the producers and four actors are the original company which gave…
Letter from Alan Bennett
Sir. – Ernest Bradbury’ remarks on the poor attendances at the Y.S.O. Concerts of British music, and particularly at the concert on June 30, are indeed timely. No one who was at the concert on Saturday can deny the merits of British music – or the excellent quality of its…
Letter from Mollie Bland
Sir. – As an ordinary music-lover, I would like to reply to Mr. Ernest Bradbury’s recent criticism concerning the poor attendances at the Town Hall, Leeds. Bearing in mind that Leeds is an industrial city, I assume that the audiences consist mainly of people like myself. Of course, I love…
Letter from Sydney Ellis
Sir, – I quite agree with the remarks by your music critic, Mr. Ernest Bradbury, regarding the lack of appreciation for English music by the citizens of Leeds. Last Sunday I attended a church service to celebrate the Festival of Britain. The church was only five miles from Leeds. The…