Joe Elvin
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Joe Elvin was an English comedian and music hall entertainer and a Founder of the Grand Order of Water Rats, a show business charity. With other leading performers he took part in the Music Hall War o
Elvin in 1890
1907 poster from the Music Hall War between artists and theatre managers
Collins's Music Hall
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Collins's was a music hall in Islington, north London. It opened in 1863, named after its original proprietor, the comedian, singer and impresario Sam Collins. He died not long after the hall opened,
Collins's (or Collins' – both versions are displayed on the façade) as rebuilt in 1897
Sam Collins c. 1860
Collins's in 1922
Old façade preserved, in 2015