Choir History

THE HISTORY PROJECT - October 2024

Now it's complete, and  all the documents that I've found are uploaded and visible to you in the window below. Other documents will no doubt come to light and I'll keep it updated as things come in.

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This page contains a window onto the Choir History folder in our free Google Drive storage that comes with our Gmail account. That's below this text.

You can search for an item using the magnifying glass, I've put them in date order to help. The search looks for file and folder names, it doesn't look INSIDE the files themselves.

SINGLE CLICK a folder to open it, SINGLE CLICK a file to open it. 

When you have opened a PDF file (all the programs are PDF's), click the box with the arrow in it in the top right hand corner to "Pop Out" and then you can download or print if you want to.

To zoom in/enlarge a PDF file, use the big  +  key over on the right of your keyboard (not the one in the top row)

For image files (JPG etc), hold down the CONTROL key before pressing the +

Everything here has been in the public domain, so there's nothing private.

I won't put anything sensitive here.

WHERE THIS IS GOING

From here, I shall assemble a database of all the information in the files. This means I can create lists of things like Music Directors, Concerts, Composers and venues. That will take some time and the main database will be stored here for anyone who fancies downloading it to their computer. You will need Microsoft Access to open it. More about that in the weeks ahead.

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Some of the fascinating stuff involves the businesses in Sidmouth that advertised in the program until recently. It's like a walk back through the history of the town, and the wide variety of music performed is a real eye-opener! Most programs have all the names of the choir members at that time.

If you want to open the Google Drive History folder directly, rather than see it in the window below, feel free to use this link:

​​​​​ENJOY! ​