Assembly rooms [ Sports & Leisure / Associational culture / Dance, Music & Songs ]
… for the sake of conversation, gallantry, news, and play’. 5 The assembly rooms were spaces for balls, concerts, card parties, and other entertainments in which any ‘polite’ community could gather. By 1795, the word ‘assembly’ was …
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