Originally posted by jerryd
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There is some evidence of organised crime/ protection racket like shenanigans at the Cambridge Music Hall. Music Hall star Ada Reeve recalled:
I remember once being stopped outside the stage door of the Cambridge with the request that I would 'remember the Gallery Boys'. I innocently replied that I would always remember them. The spokesman then made it plain that I would have to give them a weekly sum, for which they were prepared to applaud me vigorously, or else.... the alternative would be most unpleasant. That was the only time I was approached by what was then a recognised thing in the Halls.
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