Harry Lauder Jubilee 1932
In 1932 Sir Harry Lauder celebrated his Jubilee as a performer. To celebrate he returned to Arbroath where, 50 years earlier, he had sung his first song in public. He had lived in the town and was a 'half-timer' (schoolchild employee) in Gordon's Mill. He enjoyed lunch at the Imperial Hotel, where the picture was taken, and staged his concert at The Picture House. In the picture were, from left - Provost Hanick, Forfar; Bailie George Sherriffs, Provost Sir William Chapel, Sir Harry, former Provost G. Rutherford Thomson, John Stewart, manager of the British Linen Bank; Alex Lauder, Sir Harry's brother; and F.F. Macdonald, solicitor: second row - George B. Lowe, Arbroath Herald; William Page, manager The Picture House; Alex Hood, manager Dundee Equitable Co-operative Society; J.W. Morgan, farmer; W. Cochrane, Manchester; Charles Young, Dundee; Robert Finlayson, Town Clerk; Ernest F. Cobb, Town Chamberlain; and H.A. Garvie, manager Commercial Bank of Scotland: back row - John Joss, journalist; E.W.R. Myles, son of the author of The Toon of Arbroath, which Sir Harry sang in the High Street after his concert; John Lamb, Harry Vallance, Sir Harry's brother-in-law; W. Brown, London; S. Banks, proprietor Imperial Hotel; and Chief Constable James Macdonald.
Harry Lauder Jubilee 1932
In 1932 Sir Harry Lauder celebrated his Jubilee as a performer. To celebrate he returned to Arbroath where, 50 years earlier, he had sung his first song in public. He had lived in the town and was a 'half-timer' (schoolchild employee) in Gordon's Mill. He enjoyed lunch at the Imperial Hotel, where the picture was taken, and staged his concert at The Picture House. In the picture were, from left - Provost Hanick, Forfar; Bailie George Sherriffs, Provost Sir William Chapel, Sir Harry, former Provost G. Rutherford Thomson, John Stewart, manager of the British Linen Bank; Alex Lauder, Sir Harry's brother; and F.F. Macdonald, solicitor: second row - George B. Lowe, Arbroath Herald; William Page, manager The Picture House; Alex Hood, manager Dundee Equitable Co-operative Society; J.W. Morgan, farmer; W. Cochrane, Manchester; Charles Young, Dundee; Robert Finlayson, Town Clerk; Ernest F. Cobb, Town Chamberlain; and H.A. Garvie, manager Commercial Bank of Scotland: back row - John Joss, journalist; E.W.R. Myles, son of the author of The Toon of Arbroath, which Sir Harry sang in the High Street after his concert; John Lamb, Harry Vallance, Sir Harry's brother-in-law; W. Brown, London; S. Banks, proprietor Imperial Hotel; and Chief Constable James Macdonald.