January 1, 1970

Wilton’s in London is the oldest surviving music hall in the world and still houses the original theatre – find out more about its history here.

Another famous music hall was ‘The Eagle’ in London’s East End. It featured in the nursery rhyme ‘Pop! Goes the Weasel’, about a man who spends all of his money on luxuries like the music hall and is forced to pawn his belongings:

Up and down the city road,

In and out the Eagle.

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That’s the way the money goes,

Pop! goes the weasel.