Founded in 1963 by Ray Mackender and Gerald Glover, the British Music Hall Society, a registered charity, is for everyone who is a fan of Music Hall and Variety. The Society has all sorts of events, shows and talks as well as a Celebrity Lunch and an Annual Ball. It publishes a 36 page magazine, The Call Boy, a ‘bible’ of music hall and variety topics, four times a year and has extensive archives of costumes, posters, programmes, playbills, photographs, sound recordings and memorabilia of many of the great artistes.