1890 - 1914:
​ILFORD SOCIAL CLUB
1890:-Ilford Church / Reading Room, Ilford HIgh Road
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Bagatelle
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Illustrated papers
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Gymnastic apparatus
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Billiards
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Debating nights
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Lectures
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Smoking concerts
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Photography
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Operas
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Dramatic performances
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Country rambles
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1902 until WW1:- Ilford Town Hall
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Operatic performances
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Dramatic performances
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Dances
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Whist drives
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Social evenings
The History of IODS
ILFORD SOCIAL CLUB:
Excerpts from the 1911 programme for The Duchess of Danzig
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1919 - 1975:
​ILFORD OPERATIC & DRAMATIC SOCIETY is formed at the end of WW1 by former members of the Ilford Social Club, putting on Operatic & Dramatic performances at Ilford Town Hall (Redbridge Town Hall from 1965) and some Dramatic performances at the Little Theatre, Ilford during the 1960s.
1975 - 2020:
IODS and IODS Productions
Operette and musicals at the Kenneth More Theatre twice a year.
Concerts at the Kenneth More Theatre and other venues.
1991 - 2018:
​IODS Youth
Annual musical theatre productions at the Kenneth More Theatre.
2022:
IODS Productions
Musicals and Plays at The Redbridge Drama Centre. Two Musicals a year performed in The Lovegrove Theatre and one Play each year performed in The Telford Studio within the Redbridge Drama Centre.
A rehearsal in 1950 at Cleveland Road School
A rehearsal in 2015: Youth Members and Active Members combine for ANYTHING GOES
A rehearsal in 2022: Cast rehearse the finale of RENT
A rehearsal in 2022: Cast rehearse a scene from our first play in 50 years, 'Murder in Play' by Simon Brett