Outbreak of War – 1939

caods were preparing to put on their next production with correspondence ready to go out to members for a reading of their next production, Virginia, on 19 September 1949. However, the correspondence was withhled from...

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Creation of CAODS

On Monday 8 November 1920 the first public meeting of Chelmsford Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society was held. This was to propose the performance of HMS Pinafore to raise money for charity. At the time nobody could know...

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