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Proms heroes
was surprised that, in (August), Michael White made no mention of the man who launched the event in 1895: Robert Newman, impresario and manager of Queen’s Hall who entrusted the 26-year-old Henry Wood with bringing his vision to fruition. My first memory of the Proms was when, as a 17 year-old, I attended the second night of the 1944 season. I went to several more concerts until, after about three weeks, a German flying bomb attack forced the Albert Hall to close down. Some
