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Poole, Joseph Wolseley, 1878 - 1954

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1878 - 1954

Biography

Joseph Wolseley (Tubby) Poole was a Panorama manager and only son of Joseph Poole and Susannah Mayer.

Joseph had three sister Florence (b.1873), Minnie and Ada Violet (1875-1954). All of who went into the family business at a young age. Joseph was performing on variety acts when he was nine years old and by the time he was twenty one he was manager of his father’s No.1 Company.

In 1910 Joseph Wolseley was involved with cinemas at Chichester and the Isle of Wight where he moved in later life.

Joseph died in 1954.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Joseph Poole's New Myriorama Programme, 8 January 1900

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.56
Scope and Contents Town Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Grand re-opening, The Boer War, General Buller's March, The Battle of Elandslaagte, Charing Cross, London, The Royal Navy Review, Osborne, The Bay of Biscay, River Tagus, Gibraltar, Alexandria, Interior of the mosque of El Choree, Our troops at the Pyramids, The Sphinx, Manfalout, The Temple of Karnac, Erment, Elephantina, The Throne of Pharaoh at Philae, Nubia, Abou Simbel, Battle of Tamai, Khartoum, South Africa, General Buller's march, The slave trade,...
Dates: 8 January 1900