January 1st 1952 - Sydney Thompson's Old Time Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. Leonard Leslie's Orchestra resident at the Empress Ballroom.
January 4th 1952 - Chris Barber's New Orleans Jazz Band play at the Savoy Ballroom.
January 7th 1952 - Anne Shelton and Semprini head the show at the Theatre Royal. Roy Richards and his Mayfair Music play at the Savoy Ballroom.
January 10th 1952 - Leonard Leslie's Orchestra Play on the South Parade Pier with Wally Fry and his Collegians.
January 11th 1952 - Tito Burns and his Sextet play on South Parade Pier. The Saints Jazz Band play at the Savoy Ballroom.
January 12th 1952 - City engineers have now passed the South Parade Pier 'safe' after repairs to storm damage from December 28th 1951. 700 would be dancers were turned away on New Year's Eve.
January 14th 1952 - Sid Phillips and his Radio Orchestra play for dancing at the Savoy Ballroom.
January 18th 1952 - The Johnny Dankworth Seven with Frank Holder and Cleo Laine, play on South Parade Pier. At Unity Hall, dancing to the DP Versatiles Band.
January 23rd 1952 - At the Conservative Hall, Fratton Road, the Masters Orchestra play for dancing.
January 25th 1952 - Nat Temple and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. Jack Parnell and his 14 piece Music Makers play at the South Parade Pier.
January 28th 1952 - Singer Teddy Johnson, accompanied by Norrie Paramour, performs at the Theatre Royal.
January 30th 1952 - Reg Bannistra and his Orchestra play on South Parade Pier.
January 31st 1952 - Leonard Leslie's Orchestra play on South Parade Pier. Ralph Sharon and his Orchestra play at the Embassy Ballroom.
February 1st 1952 - The Mayfair Orchestra play at the RAFA Club at Cosham. Ted Heath and his Music play at the Savoy Ballroom. The Rocky Mountain Boys play for Western Square Dancing at the Odeon Ballroom, Cosham.
February 2nd 1952 - At Drayton Institute, Leonard Leslie's Trio play for dancing.
February 4th 1952 - Billy Cotton and his Band, with Alan Breeze, play at the Theatre Royal. The Frivolities Concert Party perform at St Saviour's Hall, Strode Road.
February 5th 1952 - Leonard Leslie and his Orchestra play at the Empire Ballroom.
February 8th 1952 - Leonard Leslie and his old Time Dance Orchestra play at the Embassy Ballroom. Arthur Rowberry and his Band play at the Savoy Ballroom. Reg Bannistra and his Orchestra play on South Parade Pier.
February 9th 1952 - The Rocky Mountain Boys play for Western Square Dancing at the Odeon Ballroom, Cosham.
February 11th 1952 - At the Theatre Royal Trumpeter Eddie Calvert, and the Malcolm Mitchell Trio entertain.
February 13th 1952 - A renewed publican's license is granted for the Embassy Ballroom despite objections from several public houses, particularly the Royal Exchange situated opposite.
February 14th 1952 - British Railways Staff Valentine's Ball at the South Parade Pier with Leonard Leslie's orchestra, and Billy Bennett's Band.
February 15th 1952 - Kenny Baker and his band play at South Parade Pier. Harry Gold and his Pieces of Eight, with Jimmy 'Jolson sings again' Day, play at the Savoy Ballroom.
February 16th 1952 - Madame Courtney and her Juvenile Accordion Band broadcast on BBC Radio's Children's Hour.
February 17th 1952 - At the Kings Theatre, a municipal concert with the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Herbert Menges and soloist Harriot Cohen (pianoforte).
February 18th 1952 - Mr. Harry Ingemells of 33, Wycombe road Landport, an accordionist and singer, broadcasts on Carroll Discoveries BBC Radio show. Before the war, he appeared on the Coliseum Portsmouth stage and was known at the Portsmouth Street Singer. The Portsmouth Rhythm Club present Johnny Lyne and his Music at the Conservative Hall, Fratton Road.
February 22nd 1952 - Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. Jack Parnell and his Music Makers play at the South Parade Pier.
February 23rd 1952 - The Portsmouth Philharmonic Society perform the "Dream of Gerontius" at the Wesley Central Hall, Fratton Road.
February 28th 1952 - Leonard Leslie and his old Time Dance Orchestra play at the Embassy Ballroom.
February 29th 1952 - Joe Loss and his Band play at the Savoy Ballroom. Jimmy Leach and his Organolians play at the South Parade Pier. Leonard Leslie and his Orchestra play at the Embassy Ballroom.
March 3rd 1952 - Anton Karas, the zither man, appears at the Theatre Royal.
March 4th 1952 - At the Tramway Hall, North End, Madame Canaway's Adults and Juveniles give an accordion concert. Leonard Leslie and his Orchestra play at the Empress ballroom.
March 6th 1952 - Leonard Leslie and his Orchestra play at the South Parade Pier.
March 7th 1952 - Kimbells announce the formation of a Square Dance Club. Vic Lewis and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. Leonard Leslie and his Orchestra play at the Embassy Ballroom.
March 10th 1952 - Savoy and Kimbells have Staff dance, the only employees working were Benny Freedman and his band. Mr. George B Turner was the MC.
March 13th 1952 - The Jimmy James Orchestra play at Kimbells Clifton Ballroom for the 'Daedalus' old time dance committee.
March 14th 1952 - The new resident summer orchestra at the South Parade Pier, Davy Jones and his Nautical Orchestra, broadcast on the BBC Light Programme. Tito Burns and his Sextet play at the South Parade Pier. Leonard Leslie and his Orchestra play at the Embassy Ballroom.
March 15th 1952 - Saturday, Freddie Randall and his Band play at the Savoy Ballroom.
March 17th 1952 - The Entr'acte Players, directed by violinist Ivor Croker, entertain at the Portsmouth Music Club at the Central Library.
March 21st 1952 - Eric Winstone and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. The Squadronaires Dance Orchestra play on South Parade Pier. The St Cecelia singers, directed Mr. R. Wassell, who sing Tudor music, sing to the Portsmouth Business and Professional Women's Club. Leonard Leslie and his Orchestra play at the Embassy Ballroom.
March 24th 1952 - Alfred Marks and Julie Andrews appear at the Theatre Royal.
March 25th 1952 - 200 blind people were entertained by the Irvin Millen Light Orchestra at the Wesley Central Hall, Fratton Road.
March 27th 1952 - Leonard Leslie and his Orchestra play at the South Parade Pier.
March 28th 1952 - The Blue Rockets Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. Sid Millward's Nit Wits appear at the South Parade Pier.
March 29th 1952 - The Portsmouth Choral Union give their 58th annual performance of Handel's Messiah at the Northern Grammar School Hall.
March 31st 1952 - Vic Oliver appears at the Theatre Royal.
April 2nd 1952 - Benny Freedman and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom for the Young Conservatives Annual Dance.
April 3rd 1952 - The Jerry Allen Sextet play at the South Parade Pier. Carl Barriteau and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom.
April 4th 1952 - Leonard Leslie and his Old Time Orchestra play at The Embassy Ballroom.
April 10th 1952 - The Wolverines Jazz Band play at the Savoy Ballroom.
April 11th 1952 - Milton Glee club perform, 'The Last Judgment' at St James Church, Milton. Portsmouth Glee Club perform Handel's Messiah at London Road Baptist Church. Soloists include Reg and Dorothy Wassell. Good Friday on South Parade Pier, Del Mondi, the BBC Accordion Virtuoso. Commencing Good Friday and Easter Sunday, Gordon Banner at the wonder organ in the Palm Court at South Parade Pier.
April 14th 1952 - Joe Daniels and his All Star Band play at the South Parade Pier.
April 17th 1952 - The Portsdown Music Guild perform 'Tom Jones' at Christ Chuch Hall, Widley.
April 18th 1952 - Harry Gold and his Pieces of Eight play at the Savoy Ballroom. Johnny Lyne and his Music join Wally Fry and Gordon Banner to play at the South Parade Pier.
April 20th 1952 - Jacques Vallez, the wizard of the saw, performs in the Palm Court on South Parade Pier.
April 21st 1952 - Phyllis Dixey appears at the Theatre Royal.
April 23rd 1952 - The majority of the 150 members of the Portsmouth Special Constabulary attended a dance at the Strand Restaurant, Southsea. Mrs. Nash and her Orchestra played for dancing.
April 25th 1952 - Jack Parnell and his Orchestra play on South Parade Pier. Geraldo and his Music Makers Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom.
April 26th 1952 - The Portsmouth Glee Club perform a Spring Concert of popular classics at the Wesley Central Hall, Fratton Road.
May 1st 1952 - A monthly concert for the City's blind was given at the Wesley Central Hall, by the Salvation Army.
May 2nd 1952 - Teddy Foster and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. The Johnny Dankworth Seven play at the South Parade Pier. A Grand Opening Dance at the British Legion, Fratton Bridge with Roy Bridger and his Sextet.
May 3rd 1952 - The Leonard Leslie Orchestra play at the Embassy Ballroom.
May 5th 1952 - The 21st Portsmouth Musical Competition Festival, organised by Miss Florence Greaves, begins at Buckland Congregational Church, Queens Road.
May 9th 1952 - Humphrey Lyttleton and Band play at the Savoy Ballroom.
May 10th 1952 - The Portsmouth Choral Union present a grand choral and orchestra concert at the Northern Grammar School, which included Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto.
May 12th 1952 - 14 year old Portsmouth Xylophonist, Joan St Paul, broadcasts on BBC radio program 'Up and coming'.
May 13th 1952 - Sunnydale Old Time Dance club starts at Hilsea Lido.
May 14th 1952 - The Portsmouth Players present 'Rose Marie' on South Parade Pier.
May 16th 1952 - Arthur Rowberry and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. Leonard Leslie and his Orchestra play at the Embassy Ballroom.
May 17th 1952 - The Portsmouth Philharmonic Society present a Beethoven Concert at the Wesley Central Hall, Fratton Road.
May 19th 1952 - Teddy Hanks Band play at St Michael's Church Hall, Paulsgrove.
May 23rd 1952 - Nat Temple and his Radio Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. The farewell dance for Alf Hallman and his Band at the Empress Ballroom. Leonard Leslie and his Orchestra play at the Embassy Ballroom.
May 24th 1952 - Reg Bannistra and his Music start their residency at the Empress Ballroom.
May 25th 1952 - Harmonica player Tommy Reilly appears at the Palm Court on South Parade Pier.
May 26th 1952 - At the Kings Theatre, Ivor Novello's, 'Kings Rhapsody'. Over the next four day, a series of Massed Concerts by children as part of the Portsmouth Schools Music Festival, at the Gymnasium in the Royal Naval Barracks.
May 28th 1952 - The Orpheus Singers give a concert to the blind at the Wesley Central Hall, Fratton Road.
May 30th 1952 - Freddie Randall and his Band play at the Savoy Ballroom. Young Portsmouth Xylophonist Joan St Paul, has landed a place with Thelma Hammond's Ladies Orchestra at Scarborough, and is having daily schooling before taking part in the show. Former Eastney Barracks band boy, Davy Jones, has now formed his own band, Davy Jones and his Nautical Orchestra, and they will play on the new deck band stand theatre on South Parade Pier through the summer season. Leonard Leslie's Orchestra play at the Embassy Ballroom.
May 31st 1952 - The new open air theatre on the South Parade Pier deck is used for the first time.
June 1st 1952 - The George Mitchell Glee Club perform at the South Parade Pier.
June 5th 1952 - Roy Bridger's Band play at the Unity Hall, St John's Road for a 'select flannel dance'.
June 6th 1952 - Ted Heath and his Music play at Savoy Ballroom.
June 7th 1952 - Saturday, The Halle Orchestra, conductor Sir John Barbirolli, play at the Northern Grammar School in Mayfield Road.
June 9th 1952 - The Doyle Carte Company present a selection of Gilbert and Sullivan operas at the Kings Theatre.
June 10th 1952 - The Band from the Portsmouth Citadel play at the Salvation Army Music Festival at the Albert Hall in London.
June 13th 1952 - Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom.
June 14th 1952 - Saturday, Leonard Leslie's Trio play for dancing at Drayton Institute with proceeds to st John's Ambulance. MC Mrs. Pocklington.
June 16th 1952 - At the Theatre Royal, pianist Winifred Atwell and comedian Jimmy Wheeler, plus Kay Cavendish perform.
June 20th 1952 - Geoff Love and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom.
June 22nd 1952 - The Squadronaries play on South Parade Pier.
June 23rd 1952 - Dr Crock and his Crackpots appear at the Theatre Royal.
June 26th 1952 - 'Showtime' opens on South Parade Pier with singer Harry Secombe and the Three Monarchs comedy harmonica team.
June 27th 1952 - Carl Barriteau and his Music play at the Savoy Ballroom. Leonard Leslie's Orchestra play at the Embassy Ballroom.
June 29th 1952 - Syd Phillips and his Orchestra play on South Parade Pier.
June 30th 1952 - Adelaide Hall sings at the Theatre Royal.
July 4th 1952 - Teddy Foster at the Savoy Ballroom. 15 year old David Darvill, a pupil at the Southern Grammar school, of 19 Esslemont Road, Portsmouth is the new solo accordion champion of the South of England.
July 6th 1952 - Jan Ralfini and his Orchestra play on South Parade Pier.
July 7th 1952 - Ron Male's Jazzmen play for the Portsmouth Rhythm Club at the Conservative Hall, Fratton Road.
July 11th 1952 - Vic Lewis and his 14 Piece Orchestra play at the Savoy ballroom.
July 14th 1952 - Johnny Lyne and his Music are to take part in the Amateur Dance Band Championships at Bognor, together with a young Portsmouth amateur group, The Modernaires quartet. They, plus the Ron Male Jazz Band play at the Portsmouth Rhythm Club meeting at the Conservative Hall Fratton Road.
July 18th 1952 - Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom.
July 20 1952 - Tito Burns and his Band, with Terry Devon, play on South Parade Pier.
July 21st 1952 - At the Theatre Royal, 'Moulin Rouge' with the George Mitchell Glee Club, and Jimmy Clitheroe. At the Kings Theatre, 'Festival ballet', several different productions under artistic director Anton Dolin.
July 25th 1952 - Roy Fox and his 14 piece Orchestra at the Savoy Ballroom. Portsmouth whisling entertainer Bobby Collins is with the Alan Randall Show at Blackpool all summer.
July 27th 1952 - The Gosport Municipal Orchestra, with violinist Tom Jenkins play on South Parade Pier.
July 28th 1952 - The Johann Strauss Musical, 'Gay Rosalinda' is performed at the Kings Theatre. The Folies Bergere Revue is at the Theatre Royal.
August 1st 1952 - Nat Temple and his Radio band play at the Savoy Ballroom.
August 3rd 1952 - Three jazz bands play at the South Parade Pier, Mick Mulligan and his New Magnolia Band, Chris Barber and his New Orleans Jazzmen and The Crane River Jazz Band.
August 4th 1952 - Cole Porter's 'Kiss me Kate' is at the Kings Theatre. The Teddy Hanks Band, plus cabaret by Jean Carter, play at St Michael's Church Hall Paulsgrove.
August 8th 1952 - Freddie Randall and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom.
August 9th 1952 - The London Philharmonic Orchestra give a concert at the Wesley Central Hall, Fratton Road.
August 10th 1952 - Jack Parnell and his Music Makers play at the South Parade Pier.
August 15th 1952 - Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom.
August 18th 1952 - Irish tenor Joseph Locke appears at the Theatre Royal.
August 22nd 1952 - Harry Parry and his Sextet play at the Savoy Ballroom,
August 23rd 1952 - The 'Gems' concert Party perform at All Saints Church Hall.
August 25th 1952 - Jerome Kern's 'Sally' is performed at the Kings Theatre. Ann Shelton appears at the Theatre Royal. Roy Richards and his Mayfair Music play at the Savoy Ballroom. Johnny Lyne and his Orchestra play for the Portsmouth Rhythm Club at the Conservative Club Fratton Road.
August 26th 1952 - The Social Section of the Portsmouth Passenger Transport employees Social, Athletic, Sick, and Benevolent Society raise £10.2s.2d for the Lord Mayor's appeal with a concert of assorted acts supported by the Vagabonds Orchestra..
August 27th 1952 - the Portsmouth Military band founded in 1948 by Mr. W J Pugsley, changes it's name to the Southsea Silver Band and will also change from military music to brass band music.
August 29th 1952 - Geoff Love and his Music play at the Savoy Ballroom. Portsmouth girl Julie Sunman of 23, Gruneisen Road is appearing in the 'Eve' Cabaret show in Paris.
September 1st 1952 - At the Kings Theatre, musical comedy, 'Maid of the Mountains'. Randolph Sutton appears at the Empire Theatre.
September 5th 1952 - Nat Temple and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom.
September 6th 1952 - Ad in the Evening News, Alf Hallman and his Orchestra looking for winter work, 264 Hawthorn Crescent, Cosham.
September 7th 1952 - Sid Phillips and his band play on South Parade Pier.
September 8th 1952 - Roy Bridger and his Band play at the Unity Hall for the Labour League of Youth. Mrs. Helena Proctor and Mrs. Florence Millard entertained with guitar and mandolin respectively with old time ballads, on a Cosham Darby and Joan trip to Eastbourne.
September 12th 1952 - Harry Gold and his Pieces of Eight play at the Savoy Ballroom.
September 13th 1952 - Saturday, the Ace Quartet play at the Angerstein Hall for the Labour party dance.
September 14th 1952 - A Celebrity Concert at the Theatre Royal features the Central Band of the Royal Air Force and the Portsmouth city Police Choir. Farewell performance of Davy Jones at the South Parade Pier.
September 17th 1952 - Harry Masters and his Orchestra play at a dance at '326 Fratton Road'.
September 19th 1952 - Ted Heath and his Music play at the Savoy Ballroom.
September 20th 1952 - Johnny Lyne and his Orchestra, winners of the South Coast Dance Band amateur Championship at Bognor Regis, repeated their success in the South of England finals in London, and are now eligible for the all England amateur Championship.
September 21st 1952 - The Gosport Municipal Orchestra and singer Gwen Catley, are in concert on the South Parade Pier.
September 22nd 1952 - Portsmouth Players present 'Hit the Deck' at the South Parade Pier. Sunnydale Old Time Dance Club starts at the Hilsea lido.
September 26th 1952 - Reggie Goff and his Sextet, with saxophonist Jimmy Skidmore, play at the Savoy Ballroom.
September 27th 1952 - A new resident band at the Empress Ballroom, Ronnie Caryl, his trumpet and Broadcasting Band.
September 29th 1952 - At the Theatre Royal, Issy Bonn, Eddie Calvert, Tony Hancock and the Malcolm Mitchell Trio entertain. Carousel, with Edmund Hockridge as Billy Bigelow, is performed at the Kings Theatre. The Peter Stuart Quartet play at the Portsmouth Music Lover's Club meeting at the Wesley Central Hall, Fratton Road.
September 30th 1952 - At the first meeting of the Dormington Road Coronation celebration Club, dance music was provided by the Transport Orchestra at Wymering British Legion Hall.
October 3rd 1952 - Vic Lewis and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. Mr. Herbert William Cable is the new manager at the Empire Theatre.
October 4th 1952 - Portsmouth's young xylophone player Joan St Paul broadcasts on the BBC Home Service radio, her fourth broadcast this year. The Merry Mascots Concert Party entertain at St Mary's Institute Fratton Road.
October 5th 1952 - A series of Municipal concerts begin again at the Kings Theatre with a performance by the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra and Sheila Randall.
October 6th 1952 - The Portsmouth Rhythm Club holds it's meeting at the Sir Robert Peel, St Vincent Street, near Hyde Park Road, with music from Ron Male's Jazzmen. Donald Peers makes an appearance at the Theatre Royal, the manager there is Mr. C. A. Paice. Tom Hanks band play at St Michael's Church Hall, Paulsgrove. The Milton Glee Club give a concert at the Wesley Central Hall in aid of the Portsmouth Postwar Brotherhood Old Folk Christmas Party.
October 10th 1952 - Carl Barriteau and his Music play at the Savoy Ballroom.
October 11th 1952 - The Portsmouth Philharmonic Society perform Mendelsshon's 'Elijah' at the Wesley Central Hall, Fratton Road. At the Unity hall, Dancing to Terry Flynn and his Band, admission 1s.6d. Ad in the Evening News, Bands and Entertainers supplied, Portsmouth Bands Agency, 5335 after 6.30pm.
October 13th 1952 - Harold Davidson and his Old Time Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. At the Theatre Royal, Dorothy Squires appears. At the Empire Theatre, Carroll Levis 'Showstoppers' discoveries, includes singer Alan Vinesse, accordionist 'Bunky' Harrison both from Portsmouth and the Gosport Haggard family of bell-ringers. Death announced of John Ord-Hume, age 90, at 33 Meon Road Portsmouth, bandmaster and composer of the of the Green Howard's regimental march.
October 14th 1952 - Dancing at the Rock Gardens Pavilion to the Broadway Orchestra.
October 15th 1952 - Wally Fry and his Collegians are joined by The Broadway Orchestra at the South Parade Pier for the Portsmouth Labour Party Annual Dance.
October 17th 1952 - Geraldo and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. The manager of the Empire Theatre, Mr. W.E.B. Slater, retires after 50 years in show business. Mrs. Ludman's Trio play for dancing at the St George's Church Hall.
-October 18th 1952 Saturday, The Portsmouth Glee Club perform Edward German's 'Tom Jones' at the Wesley Central Hall, Fratton Road. At the Unity hall, dancing to Terry Flynn and his Band.
October 19th 1952 - A coach load of young people travel with Terry Flynn and his Quintet to dance to and watch them play at Bishops Waltham, Drill Hall.
October 20th 1952 - Harry Roy and his Radio Band Show appear at the Theatre Royal.
October 23rd 1952 - At the South Parade Pier, Leonard Leslie's Orchestra and Reg Bannistra's Band play for dancing at the British Railways Staff Carnival Ball. Roy Bridger's Band play at the Unity Hall.
October 24th 1952 - Geoff Love and his Music play at the Savoy Ballroom.
October 25th 1952 - At the Unity hall, dancing to Terry Flynn and his Band.
October 27th 1952 - Musical comedy 'Florodora' at the Kings Theatre.
October 28th 1952 - Dancing at the Rock Gardens Pavilion to the Broadway Orchestra.
October 29th 1952 - Two bands entertained at the Portsmouth Rhythm Club meeting, Pianist/Blues singer Doreen Nutter was guest with Ron Male's Jazzmen, and Altoist Dick Whichello Jr. with the Terry Flynn Quartet.
October 31st 1952 - Teddy Foster and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. The farewell night for Frank Abbotts Orchestra at the Embassy Ballroom. Milton Glee Club celebrate their Fourth Birthday at St James Church Hall.
November 1st 1952 - Drummer Gene Mayo and his ten piece Orchestra begin their residency and play at the Embassy Ballroom, he is a former England schoolboy football international and has played cricket for Kent Colts. His Orchestra includes The Oyam Dixielanders' and the 'Martin Davis Bop Group'. At the Unity Hall, dancing to Terry Flynn and his Band. The Airspeed Singers give a concert at the Eastney Central Hall.
November 3rd 1952 - Ivy Benson and her All Girl Orchestra play at the Empire Theatre. Accordionist Chiz Bishop, of 17, Beecham Road Portsmouth, re-gains the All Britain Amateur Solo Piano-accordionist Championship.
November 6th 1952 - From an Evening News article The cost of engaging the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra, or any other similar size orchestra, is so great that if all the seats in the Kings Theatre are filled, there is still a small financial loss.
November 7th 1952 - Jimmy Leach and his Organolian Quartet play at the Savoy Ballroom.
November 8th 1952 - Saturday, At the Unity hall, dancing to Terry Flynn and his Band.
November 10th 1952 - The Deep River Boys appear at the Theatre Royal. Teddy Hanks Band play for dancing at St Michael's Church Hall Paulsgrove.
November 11th 1952 - The Broadway Quartet play at the Rock Gardens Pavilion.
November 12th 1952 - Paulsgrove Ladies Choir sing at the Music Lovers Club at the Wesley Central Hall.
November 14th1952 - Jimmy Walker's Quintet and Johnny Lyne and his Music play at the Savoy Ballroom. The Jimmy Walker Quintet fail to turn up.
November 18th 1952 - The Broadway Orchestra play for dancing at the Rock Gardens Pavilion.
November 20th 1952 - Dancing to Ivy Benson and her Orchestra at the South Parade Pier. Freddie Randall and his Band play at the Savoy Ballroom.
November 22nd 1952 - Pompey Chimes Concert Party gave a concert at the MI ward of the Infectious deceases Portsmouth hospital. At the Unity hall, dancing to Terry Flynn and his Band.
November 24th 1952 - Dancing to the Ace Quartet at the Angerstein Hall, North End. The St Cecelia Singers perform at the Portsmouth Music Club. They are Reg and Dorothy Wassell, Joan Reynolds, Florence Brice, and John Ellison.
November 27th 1952 - Ernest Wyatt of Queens Road are now running an L.P. Record Club.
November 28th 1952 - Miss Chambers Old Time Music Hall at the Odd Fellows Hall. Billy Ternent and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom. Portsmouth's 15 year old xylophonist, Joan St John is being asked back to Scarborough next summer after success this year. She is being considered for the Royal Orchestra at Westminster Abbey for the Coronation. She has completed nearly 300 public performances and will appear at the Portsmouth Theatre Royal next year.
November 29th 1952 - At the Unity hall, dancing to Terry Flynn and his Band. Dancing to the Ace Quartet at the Angerstein Hall, North End.
December 1st 1952 - At the Theatre Royal, Tommy Cooper, Betty Driver, George Martin and Kenny Baker with Stan Tracy.
December 3rd 1952 - Dancing to the Broadway Trio at St Mary's Mission, Somers Road North.
December 5th 1952 - Ted Heath and his Music play at the Savoy Ballroom.
December 7th 1952 - John Hanson sings with the Pavilion Palm Court Orchestra at the Clarence Pier Pavilion. At the Unity hall, dancing to Terry Flynn and his Band. Stan Matthews and his band play at the Rock Garden Pavilion.
December 8th 1952 - At the Theatre Royal, Elsie and Doris Waters, The Four Aces, and "Daisy May" and Saveen perform. The Dominoes Concert Party, under the direction of Ivy and Leo Rogers, entertain at St Mary's Hospital. The Portsmouth Players give a concert for the local blind at the Wesley Central Hall, Fratton Road.
December 12th 1952 - Joe Loss and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom.
December 13th 1952 - At the Unity hall, dancing to Terry Flynn and his Band.
December 18th 1952 - At the South Parade Pier, Reg Bannistra and his Modern Music and Leonard Leslie's Old Time Orchestra play for British Railways Staff Festive Gala.
December 19th 1952 - Vic Lewis and his Orchestra play at the Savoy Ballroom.
December 20th 1952 - The Portsmouth Choral Union give their 13th annual concert of carols and Christmas Music at the Northern Grammar School Hall. Headline in the News after the concert 'Fine performance bar the coughing'. At the Unity hall, dancing to Terry Flynn and his Band.
December 22nd 1952 - Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang, 'Hutch', and Kitty Bluet appear at the Theatre Royal. The Portsmouth Rhythm Club meet at the Sir John Peel in St Vincent Street, and hear music from Ron Male's Jazzmen, and Bournemouth Pine City Stompers.
December 26th 1952 - Harry Gold and his Pieces of Eight play at the Savoy Ballroom.
December 27th 1952 - At the Unity hall, dancing to Terry Flynn and his Band.
December 30th 1952 - At the Rock Gardens Pavilion, dancing to The Broadway Orchestra.
December 31st 1952 - Barry Moseley and his Dance Orchestra play at the Royal Beach Hotel. Dick Whichello and his Band play at Kimbells Osborne Road, with Roy Richards and his Mayfair Music.
NOTE: This is an edited version of Mick Cooper's research. The full version can be found at Mick Cooper's website