Variously referred to as the R.A.E Main, Assembly, or Concert Hall, Farnborough, we believe the Assembly Hall had replaced the original Concert Hall and was subsequently called the Main Hall.

The Concert Hall was demolished in the 1930s and the new Assembly Hall built during WWII. It was near the main entrance to R.A.E., opposite the junction of Boundary Road and Farnborough Road. “Popular music” concerts had been held in the hall from the early 1920’s. The RAE Orchestral Society, which had only come into being on 6 March ’22, presented a programme of classical music – it was rather popular at the time – on 13 December ’22.

On 1 October ’64, the combined Farnborough Tech & R.A.E Rag Ball was held at RAE’s Assembly Hall and featured The Art Woods (Ronnie Woods eldest brothers band), Reading based The Moquettes, and Guildford’s Phillip Goodhand-Tate and the Stormsville Shakers. The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, supported by Locomotive, Episode Six, and Ten Percent Butter appeared there on 27 June ’69 and The Chronic rag mag listed Status Quo, The Late, and Magic Alice performing at the Rag Queen Inauguration Ball on 1 August’ 69.

Second Adam appeared in concert on 10 May 1980 at R.A.E. Main Hall, Farnborough.

Gallery:

RAE Assembly Hall on the left and fates to RAE in the mid 1920s Source: Wendy Diane via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia
13 December 1922: The RAE Orchestral Society, which had only came into being on 6 March1922, presented a programme of classical music.
1 October 1964: RAE’s Assembly Hall hossted The Art Woods with The Moquettes, and Phillip Goodhand-Tate and the Stormville Shakers.
1 August 1969: R.A.E. Assembly Hall, hosted Status Quo, The Late, and Magic Alice.