Ticket to 19th century concert unearthed in library work
A concert ticket dating back to 1883 has been unearthed through refurbishment work at Llanelli Library. Intrigued by the builders’ discovery, staff in the reference library set to work to find out more about the Builders found the ticket and passed it on to staff in the reference library, who were intrigued by the 129-year-old discovery. They have now found it was from Miss Thomas’ Concert held on January 9, 1883, at the library in Vaughan Street. An article about the concert appeared in the Llanelly and County Guardian two days later, on January 11, which declared the event a “thorough success”. The article said the audience were very appreciative of the evening’s classical music which consisted of “some of the finest selections of the old masters,” such as Handel, Mendelssohn and Meyerbeer. Singers at the concert included Dr Joseph Parry, renowned composer of the Welsh hymns Myfanwy and Aberystwyth, along with Miss Thomas herself whose “fine voice” was “highly appreciated,” ...