Legmania

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Music Hall and Vaudeville research with a bit of family history. Journaling the life of James and Lucy Allison. Dwelling in 19th and early 20th century theatre and newspaper archives. legmania.co.uk #histodons #genealogy #MusicHall UK mostly
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LegmaniaNov 23, 2022

My alter-ego Legmania came from this jaunty clipping in The Era newspaper 07 July 1888 describing my #MusicHall dancing ancestor Mr Allison as a grotesque Leg-maniac and a good harlequin. Am jolly proud. See legmania.co.uk for more.

#Victordons #histodons #genealogy #Pantomime #Theatre #Archives

LegmaniaNov 16, 2022
Born #OTD William De Morgan (1839-1917) tile maker and friend of William Morris. Designed and made this hauntingly beautiful tablet memorial to Sarah Smith, #Pantomime Artiste located at the Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Postman's Park. Sarah died in 1863 in a fire at Princes’ Theatre while trying to extinguish the flames to save her companion. #Histodons #DeMorgan #Tiles #London #Theatre #History
LegmaniaNov 14, 2022
#Introduction confessions. I have a habit of buying #theatrical Cabinet Cards and #ephemera then researching their family history because they just look like the sort of people I want to know. This goddess with the voluminous dress held up with fake arm props remains a mystery. (George Hana, #photographer, London c1895)