City Varieties Music Hall. Harry Lauder, Charlie Chaplin and Harry Houdini performed in this Music Hall built in 1865 for Charles Thornton on the site of the White Swan coaching inn. Famous venue of the "Good Old Days" first broadcast in 1953

by Leeds Civic Trust

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Sir Harry Lauder
(1870-1950) music hall artiste

Harry Houdini
(1874-1926) magician

The Good Old Days
(1953-present) television series

Sir Charlie Chaplin KBE
(1889-1977) comic genius

City Varieties
(1865-present) music hall

Charles Thornton