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Bournemouth Winter Gardens (1875 - 2002)

 Organisation

Dates

  • Existence: 1875 - 2002

Biography

Bournemouth Winter Gardens was a theatre in Bournemouth, England built in 1875 as an exhibition centre. In 1893, the building was reopened as a classical music venue and from 1895 it held the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra until 1929.

The building was demolished before the Second World War and rebuilt as a concert hall, by the 1960s it had become a popular rock concert venue.

The Winter Gardens closed in 2002 and the building was demolished in 2006.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Winter Gardens & Pier Programme, 26 October 1911

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.125
Scope and Contents

Yellow and black decorative illustration with black and white photographs of sites in Bournemouth on the front cover, inside programme concert programme and commercial advertising including an advert for Wet's Pictures Palace at Shartesbury Hall, 4p.p.

Dates: 26 October 1911