Image detail from The Theatre World and illustrated stage review Issue no.11 Frame:none Opened in 1865 this large

Opened in 1865 this large entertainment venue held 900 people and was the second music hall to be opened by the Swiss-Italian Gatti family

towed across the channel

A guide to the Zoo of 1873 notes that the original monkey house had been found very ill-adapted for the group of animals to which it had been long devoted

hard and often hazardous work

A few years after this photo was taken

Image detail from The Theatre World and illustrated stage review Issue no.11 Frame:none Opened in 1865 this largeDetail of the cover image from Issue no. 11 of The Theatre World and illustrated stage review for December 1925. An illustrated monthly review of London's theatres. Published by the Claremont Publishing Co. Ltd, Henrietta Street, London. The cover design is by Bovey