Hartlepool History Then & Now

Silk theatre programme New Theatre Royal

What we know about this image :

This hand sewn silk programme, which is about A5 size, seems to have been perhaps for special guests. The programme states ' in the presence of Ralph Ward Jackson esq. MP and is dated November 27th 1868. Ward Jackson had just become MP in this year. Robert Wood's book of West Hartlepool states the theatre opened in 1869.

Date (of image) : 27/11/1868

Part of the "Hartlepool Museum Service" collection

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