Ah, finally! 

I'm glad to see this article finally getting the make-over it deserves as I have quite a soft spot for the FTH. My Uncle was general manager there from the late 60s to the mid 80s so I was there frequently during my childhood (more often than not running round the underground passageways between the offices and dressing rooms/artist's bar. The in my adolescent years I worked there at concerts as a follow-spot operator.

I don't know if it's on the shortlist yet, but why no mention of the Hall's Wurlitzer organ? Incidentally I was there, backstage, for the Sex Pistols' gig in the Lesser Hall, and if you knew the Lesser Hall you (the Royal you) would know that most of the people who said they were there most probably weren't. The Lesser Hall seated 150 and it was much less than half full. That reminds me, the seating capacity of the main hall was 2500, but as that is OR you'll have to find something to back it up.