File. Albert Hall. Refusal of lettings

Reference No:
U DCL/7/3
Dates:
1954-1956
Description:

Including:

a) letter to a journalist about the difficulty of claiming Albert Hall as an example of private censorship (14 Mar 1956)

b) letter regarding the danger of Albert Hall not being open for a protest meeting as it might set a precedent (8 Mar 1956)

c) newspaper clippings including:

- about the protest because of the Russian leaders' visit and the inability to hire the Albert Hall (14 Mar 1956)

- clipping showing a letter talking about British sympathies and a hope to educate the Soviet leaders on good quality of life that is not communist (14 Mar 1956) x2

- protest meeting, to be held in Manchester, against the visit of Soviet leaders to Britain (14 Mar 1956)

- security precautions taken because of the Russians' future arrival (14 Mar 1956)

- 3-point plan to ensure the safety of Bulganin and Khrushchev while in Britain, and the concern that with the extra precautions Bulganin and Khrushchev may get the impression they are visiting a police state (12 Mar 1956)

- celebrity protest against the Russian visit (11 Mar 1956)

- clipping containing a letter about the need to protest the Russian visit (3 Mar 1956)

- planned demonstration against the Soviet leaders visiting Britain, mainly by Poles, Czechs, Ukrainians, and refugees from the Baltic countries (14 Feb 1956)

d) "Memorandum on Discrimination in the letting of the Royal Albert Hall and Proposals for Action"

e) newspaper clipping about a reason for a separate ban of the Royal Albert Hall

f) response to a previous letter regarding membership of the Governing Council and redirecting the original letter writer (12 Apr 1954)

g) newspaper clipping, 'Guerillas to hold rally at Albert Hall' from the Daily Worker (12 Mar 1954)

h) newspaper clippings about damage done to the Albert Hall and the finances from the Evening Standard (23 Mar 1954), (19 Mar 1954)

i) response to a phone call about the Albert Hall (15 Apr 1954)

j) letter about research into the control of the Royal Albert Hall (12 Feb 1954)

k) response to a letter hoping that the various enquiries made will have caused the Corporation of the Hall to be more responsible (17 Feb 1954)

l) newspaper clipping about the Albert Hall being used for "King Bulin's Beavers" from the Observer (14 Feb 1954)

m) notes on the financing of the 1851 Exhibition, finances of the Royal Albert Hall with a copy of the Royal Albert Hall Act, 1951 (28 Jan 1954)

Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of Liberty (formerly The National Council for Civil Liberties)