Freddy
The author’s grandson, with his Mother and Sister
August 2014
Marie Lloyd – A Little Bit of What You Fancy Does You Good
“A Little Bit of What You Fancy Does You Good” sung by Marie Lloyd is from the album Wink the Other Eye, which can be purchased online from the admirable William J Clark – Windyridge Records – www.musichallcds.co.uk Windyridge Records’s catalogue is comprehensive and many other artistes feature.
Whitehall Chigwell Row
This link will take you to text in the Essex County Council Archives relating to Whitehall Chigwell Row which was found in a 1920s Sale Catalogue . ECCA reference 1/Mb/80/1/16. The home of Donald Munro from around 1870 until his death in 1888, set in 9 acres. http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.aspx?ThisRecordsOffSet=2&id=303931
Daisy Wood (1877-1961)
An article appeared on the Collectors’ Post website in 2002, and is reproduced in a Related File on this site by courtesy of Sydney Higgins, formerly of Camerino University, Italy A synopsis from 2006 has been published on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Wood
7th/2nd Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteers
My great-grandfather Donald MUNRO (1832-88) was Colonel of this regiment at the time of his death, but hitherto no photograph of him, or fellow soldiers, has come down the years. Then, back at the end of 2008, out of a clear blue sky, came an email from a gentleman in Devon who had found my website, and read in my family story …
A SCOTS/IRISH FAMILY IN THE EAST END OF LONDON
First published 1980 in the Journal of the East of London Family History Society Republished in the Journal 1999 Again Revised 2002/8 Edited and republished in the Journal 2015. Addendum 2018 Great-grandfather Donald Munro was born in Tain, County of Ross in Scotland on 25 September 1832 and came to London probably around 1850. In July 1858 he married a Miss Connaughton at …
Marie Lloyd (1870-1922)
Music Hall star of her generation. The author’s Great Aunt. MARIE LLOYD (1870-1922) “Lord Callaghan once quoted a pop singer, but it was Marie Lloyd, who died in 1922. In any case, T.S.Eliot wrote an essay on her. This might be thought of as one of the first cases, before the 1960s, of an intellectual creative artist flattering …
Surgeon Robert Edward Swyer (1822-81)
His portrait presented to him by Major Munro in 1875, after 10 years service in the Volunteers. Click Image to View in Lightbox
Midge Gillies’s biography of Marie Lloyd
Publisher’s book review extracts; 2001 edition (Link to Amazon) Click to View Image in Lightbox
7th Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteers – 1860
Contained within a Memorial Album presented to Robert Cooper Whayman in 1878 by his friend, Major Donald Munro, after 18 years service with the Rifles. In 1860 Whayman was a Sergeant, in 1878 a Lieutenant. Click Image to View in Lightbox
Major Donald Munro (1832-88)
From a Memorial Album of the 7th Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteers – 1878. Promoted Colonel of the Regiment in 1886. Full honours Military Funeral. Preceding Colonel Sir Timothy Buxton presented a Pocket Bible to each man in the 1000 strong Battalion with a bookplate reading “In Memory of Colonel Donald Munro 2nd Battalion Tower Hamlets …
Squadron Leader Wilfred Protheroe DFC.
158 Squadron RAF. Born 1914, killed on active service over Germany 1942. Awarded posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross.
Marie Lloyd’s 50th Birthday
Article in the Journal of the British Music Hall Society in Spring 2006 Click to View Image in Lightbox
A Wartime Wedding
All Saints Church Banstead Surrey. L to R: Daisy Violet Rose Munro(Wood), Donald Henry Munro, Donald Connaughton Munro, Edith Dora Hodson, Harry Hodson, Helen Graham Hodson (Hunter), Dorothy Grace Kent (Munro) Click the Image to View in Lightbox
Donald, Annie (1870-1923) & Harry Munro
One of the earlier images in the author’s possession. Circa 1876, photographer’s studio in Folkestone. Click Image to View in Lightbox
Marie Lloyd’s songs on CD
Compiled 2002. Available from the admirable Bill Clark at www.musichallcds.com You can listen to the opening track, “A Little Bit of What You Fancy Does You Good” here. Click the Image to View in Lightbox
Marie Lloyd’s Family circa 1900
Marie Lloyd, born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (1870-1922) was a renowned star of the Victorian & Edwardian era, whose name is always remembered in England when Music Hall is mentioned. The author’s grandmother, Marie’s sister, Daisy Wood (1877-1961), is on the far left of the picture.The last of this family group, Anne, died in 1976. …
Marie Lloyd – Centenary Service 1970
Order of Service, St Paul’s Church Covent Garden London. 19 May 1970. Interested parties may contact the author for full text of the Order of Service. Click Image to View in Lightbox
Henry Munro (1873-1956) & Donald Munro (1872-1911)
Believed to date from the 1890s, this photograph is of two rather assured Victorians. A cousin writing in 2000, who knew Harry in his later years, described him “as the sweetest, dearest man who ever lived”. The author never knew his grandfather, Donald, but would like to think he could have earned a similar epithet. …
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Marie Lloyd – Arnold Bennett’s reference in 1910
Novelist and playwright Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) writing on January 10th 1910. In referring to Marie as a Grandmother, Bennett erred. Her only daughter never had children and died in 1967. Extract published in The Call Boy, Journal of the British Music Hall Society, Summer Edition 2001. Refer also to Related File – Marie Lloyd Click …
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