Third of a series of gramophone programmes devised by W. Macqueen-Pope and Jonah Barrington.

Ranelagh House was built by the Earl of Ranelagh towards the end of the seventeenth century. In 1742 the house and grounds became a famous London pleasure resort frequented by all the 'rips' and 'blades' of the period, when the nights indeed were gay. In 1803 the revelry came to an end when the grounds were acquired by Chelsea Hospital.