BRITISH MUSIC HALL SOCIETY RESTORATION FUND
ABNEY PARK CEMETERY Stoke Newington High St, London N16 0LH
GEORGE LEYBOURNE & Albert Chevalier
George Leybourne was also known as Champagne Charlie. This grave was restored in 2000. The grave is also occupied by Albert Chevalier, who married Leybourne’s daughter, Florrie. The restoration work was carried out by Century Stone of Marlow.
NELLY POWER
She was the original singer of The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery. This grave was restored in 2000 and the work was carried out by Century Stone of Marlow.
G. W. HUNT
G. W. Hunt, who’s MacDermott’s War Song about Russian/Turkish crisis of 1877-78 introduced the word Jingoism into the English Language. This grave was restored in 2000 and the work was carried out by Century Stone of Marlow.
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KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY Harrow Rd, London W10 4RA
HARRY CLIFTON
Clifton was a singer of motto songs but is perhaps best remembered for Pretty Polly Perkins Of Paddington Green
This grave was restored in 2002 and the work was carried out by Century Stone of Marlow.
NUNHEAD CEMETERY Linden Grove, London SE15 3LP
EDWARD WESTON Weston’s Music Hall in Holborn opened in 1857, later became the Royal Holborn and was then re-built as the Holborn Empire. Sadly the building suffered bomb damage in 1941 and had to be demolished.
This grave was restored in 2001 and the work was carried out by Century Stone of Marlow.
TOWER HAMLETS CEMETERY Southern Grove, London E3 4PX
ALEC HURLEY
Hurley, The Coster King, was Marie Lloyd’s second husband. One of his best known songs is I Ain’t Nobody In Perticiler.
This grave was restored in 2001 and the work was carried out by Century Stone of Marlow.
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EPSOM CEMETERY Ashley Road, Epsom
PHYLLIS DIXEY Phyllis Dixey was a British singer, dancer and impresario. Her earlier career was as a singer in variety shows in Britain. During World War II, she formed her own company of girls and rented the Whitehall Theatre in London to put on a review called The Whitehall Follies.
This grave was restored in 2005 and the work was carried out by WA Truelove & Son Ltd of Sutton, Surrey.
DOWNS CREMATORIUM BRIGHTON 99 Hartington Rd, Brighton BN2 3PL
MAX MILLER
At the request of the Max Miller Appreciation Society, the BMHS paid for the restoration in 2002 of the memorial tablet in Down Crematorium.
This was part of the celebrations commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of The Cheeky Chappie in May 2003
BRIGHTON 25, Burlington Gardens BN41 2DS
MAX MILLER
The BMHS sponsored this plaque for Max Miller in spring 1980.
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LAMBETH CEMETERY Blackshaw Rd, Tooting, London SW17 0BY
DAN LENO
A £275 donation was given to The Water Rats towards the restoration of Dan Leno’s grave. This took place in 2004, in remembrance of the 100th anniversary of his death.
The work was carried out by A E Vaughan & Co Ltd of Tooting.
KINGSTONE CEMETERY Douglas Road, Portsmouth PO1 5RR EVIE GREEN Edith Elizabeth ("Evie") Greene 1875 – 11 September 1917 was a much-photographed English actress and singer who played in Edwardian musical comedies in London and on Broadway. She is most notable for starring as Dolores, the central character in the international hit musical Florodora. She also sang on the world's first original cast album, recorded for this musical.
Her grave was restored in 2017 with the help of BMHS
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EASTBOURNE 11, Elms Avenue BN21 3DN
SANDY POWELL An English comedian best known for his radio work of the 1930s and for his catchphrase Can You Hear Me, Mother? He performed with his Starlight company in the Eastbourne Pier theatre for many seasons in the 1950s and 1960s, earning himself the sobriquet Mr Eastbourne, and he was still performing occasionally up to his death in 1982. This plaque was unveiled by Roy Hudd on Monday 13th April 2015 an d was attended by over 100 people. The erection of this plaque was organised and paid for by The British Music Hall Society. (not from the restoration fund)
ISLINGTON 126, Downham Road
RONNIE RONALDE
This plaque for the famous whistler, yodeller and singer, was sponsored by the BMHS and organised by committee member Christine Padwick.
The plaque was unveiled by Jim Carter on Tuesday 17th August 2021.
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