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- Police_Minstrels abstract "The Police Minstrels was a concert party consisting of members of the London Metropolitan Police.Founded in 1872 by ten officers from \"A\" Division (Whitehall), the Minstrels consisted of police officers who could sing or play a musical instrument. They performed at police stations to entertain the officers, and also gave public concerts in aid of police charities. The Minstrels wore evening dress and blackface makeup, in the manner of the typical minstrel shows of the period, and sang negro spirituals and popular ballads and songs, as well as playing instrumentals. They also performed comedy sketches, originally written for them by the popular music hall artiste and pantomime dame Clarkson Rose. The Minstrels were very popular - in the 1928/29 season alone, they gave about 140 performances.Seats for the public concerts were sold door-to-door by uniformed Sergeants. Commissioners Sir William Horwood and Lord Byng both objected to this, as did the Police Federation, claiming that people may feel intimidated into buying tickets and that it detracted from the dignity of the rank. The Minstrels survived by pointing to the amounts of money they raised for charity. However, Lord Trenchard discovered that ticket sales were entirely dependent on this method of selling and felt that this was a form of blackmail. In 1932, he ordered that the door-to-door selling should cease. The Minstrels attempted to continue by selling tickets from theatre box offices and police stations, but were disbanded the following year.The Minstrels raised a total of £250,000 for the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage, the Metropolitan and City Police Convalescent Home, and the Widows' and Relief Funds. Trenchard set up the Commissioner's Fund to replace this vital source of income for these police charities.The most prominent member of the Minstrels was Sir James Olive, the first Deputy Commissioner, who had been a founder member in 1872 and later became the group's president.".
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageExternalLink www.ralphwilcocks.blogspot.com.
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- Police_Minstrels wikiPageRevisionID "638070993".
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Ballad.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Blackface.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Blackmail.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Box_office.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Category:1872_establishments_in_England.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Category:Blackface_minstrel_troupes.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Category:Metropolitan_Police.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musical_groups_established_in_1872.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Clarkson_Rose.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Commissioner_of_Police_of_the_Metropolis.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Concert.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Cosmetics.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Deputy_Commissioner_of_Police_of_the_Metropolis.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Hugh_Trenchard,_1st_Viscount_Trenchard.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink James_Olive.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Julian_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Byng_of_Vimy.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink London.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Metropolitan_Police_Service.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Metropolitan_and_City_Police_Convalescent_Home.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Metropolitan_and_City_Police_Orphanage.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Minstrel_show.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Music_hall.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Pantomime_dame.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Police_Federation_of_England_and_Wales.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Police_division.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Police_station.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Sergeant.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Spiritual_(music).
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink The_Times.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Theatre.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Whitehall.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink Wikt:evening_dress.
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLink William_Horwood_(police_commissioner).
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageWikiLinkText "Police Minstrels".
- Police_Minstrels wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:No_footnotes.
- Police_Minstrels subject Category:1872_establishments_in_England.
- Police_Minstrels subject Category:Blackface_minstrel_troupes.
- Police_Minstrels subject Category:Metropolitan_Police.
- Police_Minstrels subject Category:Musical_groups_established_in_1872.
- Police_Minstrels hypernym Party.
- Police_Minstrels type Company.
- Police_Minstrels type Group.
- Police_Minstrels type PoliticalParty.
- Police_Minstrels type Agency.
- Police_Minstrels type Company.
- Police_Minstrels type Group.
- Police_Minstrels type Organization.
- Police_Minstrels type Organization.
- Police_Minstrels comment "The Police Minstrels was a concert party consisting of members of the London Metropolitan Police.Founded in 1872 by ten officers from \"A\" Division (Whitehall), the Minstrels consisted of police officers who could sing or play a musical instrument. They performed at police stations to entertain the officers, and also gave public concerts in aid of police charities.".
- Police_Minstrels label "Police Minstrels".
- Police_Minstrels sameAs Q7209479.
- Police_Minstrels sameAs m.0bt0wn.
- Police_Minstrels sameAs Q7209479.
- Police_Minstrels wasDerivedFrom Police_Minstrels?oldid=638070993.
- Police_Minstrels isPrimaryTopicOf Police_Minstrels.