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Bournemouth Winter Gardens (1875 - 2002)

 Organisation

Dates

  • Existence: 1875 - 2002

Biography

Bournemouth Winter Gardens was a theatre in Bournemouth, England built in 1875 as an exhibition centre. In 1893, the building was reopened as a classical music venue and from 1895 it held the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra until 1929.

The building was demolished before the Second World War and rebuilt as a concert hall, by the 1960s it had become a popular rock concert venue.

The Winter Gardens closed in 2002 and the building was demolished in 2006.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Winter Gardens, Bournemouth Poster, Saturday 7 June c.1969

 Item — Box Electric Modern Printing Collection Box 1: Series 178R45
Reference code: 178R45.53
Scope and Contents

Bernard Delfont presents Startime. Roy Hudd, Anita Harris, Edmund Hockridge, Joe (Mr. Piano) Henderson, Saveen with Daisy May, The Malcom Goddard Dancers, Eric Delaney and his band. Blue poster with black highlights, orange, yellow and white text. Black and white photographs and coloured illustrations. Printed by Electric (Modern) printing co ltd. Manchester.

Dates: Saturday 7 June c.1969

Winter Gardens & Pier Programme, 26 October 1911

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.125
Scope and Contents

Yellow and black decorative illustration with black and white photographs of sites in Bournemouth on the front cover, inside programme concert programme and commercial advertising including an advert for Wet's Pictures Palace at Shartesbury Hall, 4p.p.

Dates: 26 October 1911

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