Echoes from 1917: An autograph, a drawing...but who was Grogie?
Traces of a forgotten music hall act from WW1.
Here’s another page from my Autograph Book - a wonderful document that’s chock full of the signatures of forgotten music hall stars from 1917.
I love finding traces of the acts in contemporary documents. As if this is proof, beyond doubt that they lived, and that the Autograph Book is accurate and true to its time.
Here’s a newspaper ad for the Chatham …
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