{"id":3965,"date":"2020-09-19T18:39:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T08:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/?page_id=3965"},"modified":"2020-09-28T23:50:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T13:50:06","slug":"mr-harry-ratcliffes-concert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/mr-harry-ratcliffes-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Harry Ratcliffe's Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #48c2fb;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">MR HARRY RATCLIFFE'S CONCERT<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Harry-Ratcliife-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3968\" width=\"292\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Harry-Ratcliife-1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Harry-Ratcliife-1-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-bdfec99 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\" id=\"\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-bdfec99.ugb-spacer{height:100px}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/to-england-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/to-england-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/to-england-1.jpg 470w, https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/to-england-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/to-england-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/to-england-1-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wednesday 9 September 1908, page 10<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Harry Ratcliffe, a young baritone who has gained preliminary stage experience in the J C Williamson musical comedy companies, made his farewell appearance at St James's Hall last night, when he was encored with enthusiasm for \"Love, Could I Only Tell Thee\" (Capel), responding with a tender interpretation of M V White's \"To Mary,\" and was similarly recognised after Roeckel's \"The Charmed Cup\" Mr Ratcliffe displayed a robust baritone voice of rich, warm quality, and sang with fervour, so that his determination to study further in England is amply justified. He has a friend in London in the person of Mr Reginald Kenneth, recently here as baritone in \"The Blue Moon,\" and in other directions will find himself not wholly a stranger. The departing singer was cordially supported last night, so that a capital programme of recitation and music was contributed by Misses Vera Quirk, Geraldine Ward, Annette Kerr, Blanche M'Burney, Pearl Miller, <strong>Lillian Ratcliffe<\/strong>, and Brunsden, Messrs A Hoyle, Sid Shipway, Henry Herbert, Fred Carter, W. Wright, W. Kerr, Alan Hart, and Stuart Mackenzie, with Mr F. Hall and Mrs E. Wall as hon. treasurers, and Miss F. Callander and Mr J. H. Regan as hon. secretaries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Love, could I only tell thee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Love, could I only tell thee\nHow dear thou art to me,\nShow thee my heart's devotion,\nSay how I worship thee!\nThe height of stars above thee,\nThe deepness of the sea,\nAre as the height and deepness\nOf my heart's love for thee.\nLove, could I only tell thee\nHow dear thou art to me!\n\nDear to the knight his glory,\nAnd to the king his throne,\nBut this heart of mine a kingdom\nMore dear than all doth own!\nSeas hold no fairer treasure,\nThe sky no star so pure,\nAnd I love thee, I love thee,\nWith a love that shall endure!\n\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">When we awhile are parted,\nThe days seem lonely years;\nI count the weary moments\nWithout thee by my tears.\nAs thou art near or far, love,\nThe earth is glad or grey;\nLife without thee is darkness,\nLife by thy side is day.\nLove, could I only tell thee\nHow dear thou art to me!\nHow dear, oh love, thou art.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Authorship: lyrics by&nbsp;(Graham) Clifton Bingham&nbsp;(1859 - 1913)\u2004and music by&nbsp;John Mais Capel&nbsp;(1862 - 1931), \"Love, could I only tell thee\", published 1896. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Family of Henry (Harry) Ratcliffe<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>#kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-blocks-modal-link{color:#555555;background:transparent;border-color:#555555;border-radius:4px;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;border-width:2px 2px 2px 2px;padding:4px 8px 4px 8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;}#kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-blocks-modal-link:hover, #kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-blocks-modal-link:focus{color:#ffffff;background:#444444;border-color:#444444;}#kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-overlay, #kt-target-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-overlay, .kb-modal-content_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-overlay{background:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);}#kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-overlay, #kt-target-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-overlay, .kb-modal-content_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-overlay{-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;}#kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container, #kt-target-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container, .kb-modal-content_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container{width:100%;max-width:600px;-ms-flex-pack:flex-start;justify-content:flex-start;text-align:left;-ms-flex-align:flex-start;align-items:flex-start;}#kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container, #kt-target-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container, .kb-modal-content_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container{padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px;margin-top:20px;margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:20px;}#kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container, #kt-target-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container, .kb-modal-content_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container{background:#ffffff;border-top:0px solid #ffffff;border-right:0px solid #ffffff;border-bottom:0px solid #ffffff;border-left:0px solid #ffffff;}#kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-close svg, #kt-target-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-close svg, .kb-modal-content_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-close svg{width:24px;height:24px;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container, #kt-target-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container, .kb-modal-content_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container{width:100%;border-top:0px solid #ffffff;border-right:0px solid #ffffff;border-bottom:0px solid #ffffff;border-left:0px solid #ffffff;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-close svg, #kt-target-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-close svg, .kb-modal-content_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-close svg{width:24px;height:24px;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container, #kt-target-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container, .kb-modal-content_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-container{width:100%;border-top:0px solid #ffffff;border-right:0px solid #ffffff;border-bottom:0px solid #ffffff;border-left:0px solid #ffffff;}#kt-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-close svg, #kt-target-modal_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-close svg, .kb-modal-content_cc5cba-8c .kt-modal-close svg{width:24px;height:24px;}}<\/style>\n<div id=\"kt-modal_cc5cba-8c\" class=\"wp-block-kadence-modal alignnone kt-modal-linkalign-center\"><div id=\"kt-target-modal_cc5cba-8c\" class=\"kadence-block-pro-modal kt-m-animate-in-fadeup kt-m-animate-out-fadeout\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-modal-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-modal-close=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-modal-container kt-modal-height-fittocontent kt-close-position-inside\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button class=\"kt-modal-close\" aria-label=\"Close Modal\" data-modal-close=\"true\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><line x1=\"18\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"6\" y2=\"18\"><\/line><line x1=\"6\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"18\" y2=\"18\"><\/line><\/svg><\/button><div id=\"kt-modal_cc5cba-8c-content\" class=\"kt-modal-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family of Harry Ratcliffe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/family-sheet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/family-sheet.jpg 821w, https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/family-sheet-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/family-sheet-768x705.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Plus Five More Children - <\/strong>Andrew, Mary, Alice, Thomas and his twin, Vincent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><a class=\"kt-blocks-modal-link kt-modal-label-show\" role=\"button\" data-modal-open=\"kt-target-modal_cc5cba-8c\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-modal-link-inner\">Click to see Harry's Family<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Harry married Sarah Elizabeth Mountford in 1907 and they had one child, Henry Mountford Ratcliffe (1907-1966). I would assume that the son, Henry, is who my mum (Josephine Ratcliffe, born 1918)  referred to as Cousin Mountford, he being 11 years older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, Sarah, passed away at a relatively young age of 52 in Melbourne in 1939.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sarah-death.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sarah-death.jpg 756w, https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/sarah-death-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Bonus - an Image of Reginald Kenneth - the English singer and mentor of Harry, and mentioned in the article above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image caption-align-center\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Reg-Kenneth.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Reg-Kenneth.jpg 386w, https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Reg-Kenneth-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Reginald Kenneth; Marie Studholme as Lady Madcap and George Edwards (n\u00e9 Harold Parks) in 'Lady Madcap'<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MR HARRY RATCLIFFE'S CONCERT Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wednesday 9 September 1908, page 10 Mr Harry Ratcliffe, a young baritone who has gained preliminary stage experience in the J C Williamson musical comedy companies, made his farewell appearance at St James's Hall last night, when he was encored with enthusiasm for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3968,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-3965","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Harry-Ratcliife-1.jpg",612,900,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Harry-Ratcliife-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Harry-Ratcliife-1-204x300.jpg",204,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Harry-Ratcliife-1.jpg",612,900,false],"large":["https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Harry-Ratcliife-1.jpg",612,900,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Harry-Ratcliife-1.jpg",612,900,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Harry-Ratcliife-1.jpg",612,900,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>MR HARRY RATCLIFFE'S CONCERT Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wednesday 9 September 1908, page 10 Mr Harry Ratcliffe, a young baritone who has gained preliminary stage experience in the J C Williamson musical comedy companies, made his farewell appearance at St James's Hall last night, when he was encored with enthusiasm for \"Love, Could I Only Tell Thee\" (Capel), responding with a tender interpretation of M V White's \"To Mary,\" and was similarly recognised after Roeckel's \"The Charmed Cup\" Mr Ratcliffe displayed a robust baritone voice of rich, warm quality, and sang with fervour, so that his&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"","author_info_v2":{"name":"annie7","url":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/author\/annie7\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","acf":[],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Harry-Ratcliife-1.jpg",612,900,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"annie7","author_link":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/author\/annie7\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3965"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4127,"href":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3965\/revisions\/4127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annielogan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=3965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}