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Browse our growing heritage collection, showcasing the breadth and depth of the stories and histories associated within the walls of City Hall. Take your pick from our collection and learn a little more about the historic building which sits at the very heart of Truro's past, present and future.
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Programme advertisement for the Cornish chemist T.B. Percy Ltd
Discover MoreYear: 1927
Record Number: HFC:2021:016
A 1927 programme advertisement for Percy's Rennet and the Cornish Chemist T.B. Percy Ltd from the Truro Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society production of Utopia Ltd.
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Programme advertisement for Criddle and Smith Ltd
Discover MoreYear: 1929
Record Number: HFC:2021:013
A 1929 programme advertisement for the Truro furniture company Criddle and Smith Ltd from the Truro Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society production of The Rebel Maid.
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Programme advertisement for Furniss and Co., Ltd
Discover MoreYear: 1929
Record Number: HFC:2021:014
A 1929 programme advertisement for the biscuit manufacturers Furniss and Co., Ltd from the Truro Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society production of The Rebel Maid.
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Programme advertisement
Discover MoreYear: 1933
Record Number: HFC:2021:113
A 1933 programme advertisement from the Truro Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society production of The Count of Como.
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Programme advertisement
Discover MoreYear: 1936
Record Number: HFC:2021:115
A 1936 programme advertisement from the Truro Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society production of The Gondoliers.
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Programme advertisement for Blewett’s Bakers and T. Mutton & Son Butchers
Discover MoreYear: 1937
Record Number: HFC:2021:110
A 1937 programme advertisement for Blewett's Bakers and T. Mutton & Son Butchers from the Truro Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society production of Jolly Roger.
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Programme advertisement
Discover MoreYear: 1937
Record Number: HFC:2021:111
A 1937 programme advertisement from the Truro Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society production of Jolly Roger.
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Maternity Fashion Advertisement
Discover MoreYear: 1958
Record Number: HFC:2020:18
An advertisement inside a programme for the musical Finian's Rainbow.
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Advertisement for Doctor At Sea
Discover MoreYear: 1958
Record Number: HFC:2020:19
An advertisement for a future production at City Hall.
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Finian’s Rainbow – Producer’s Notes
Discover MoreYear: 1958
Record Number: HFC:2020:20
A foreword address by the Producer, Mavis Ward and Makeup Artist, Jules Marten working on the first production of Finian's Rainbow in Cornwall.
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Roberts, Country Drapers Advertisement
Discover MoreYear: 1958
Record Number: HFC:2020:21
Programme advertisement for Roberts Country Drapers, a Truro company,1958.
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Farm Industries Limited; Truro’s Specialist Garden Shop
Discover MoreYear: 1958
Record Number: HFC:2020:22
Progamme advertisement for Farm Industries Limited, a large garden shop formerly on Truro's Lemon Street.
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Flyer for ‘An Evening to Remember’ at Hall for Cornwall, 1997
Discover MoreYear: 1997
Record Number: HFC:2021:321
The flyer from a series of fundraising events held in aid of the Hall for Cornwall, 1997.
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Performances at Hall for Cornwall
Discover MoreYear: 2003
Record Number: HFC:2021:152
Newspaper cuttings from articles in the West Britton about The Magic Flute and Wizard of Oz pantomine at Hall for Cornwall, 2003.
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Young Nureyevs get a dance lesson’
Discover MoreYear: 2003
Record Number: HFC:2021:154
A newspaper article about the Polar Sequences show by the Random Dance Company at Hall for Cornwall, 2003.
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Jack’s Udderly Fantastic Cow Finder, 2009
Discover MoreYear: 2009
Record Number: HFC:2021:200
The front cover of the programme produced for the Jack's Udderly Fantastic Cow Finder initiative, 2009.