Mary Miles Minter

Maude Fealy

Pershore War Horse Memorial

This is the Pershore War Horse Memorial, adorned with a handful of remembrance poppies.

It is a sculpture to honour the memory of service men and women, and animals,

who have died in conflicts. It is made from recycled horseshoes, by local blacksmith Steven Cooper.

Don’t forget Vintage Sunday

Vernon and Irene Castle – 1924

 

Vernon and Irene Castle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers and dance teachers who appeared on Broadway and in silent films in the early 20th century. They are credited with reviving the popularity of modern dancing. Castle was a stage name: Vernon (2nd May 1887 – 15th February 1918) was born William Vernon Blyth in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Irene (7th April 1893 – 25th January 1969) was born Irene Foote in New Rochelle, New York.

The couple reached the peak of their popularity in Irving Berlin’s first Broadway show, Watch Your Step (1914), in which they refined and popularized the Foxtrot. They also helped to promote ragtime, jazz rhythms and African-American music for dance. Irene became a fashion icon through her appearances on stage and in early movies, and both Castles were in demand as teachers and writers on dance.

After serving with distinction as a pilot in the British Royal Flying Corps during World War I, Vernon died in a plane crash on a flight training base near Fort Worth, Texas, in 1918. Irene continued to perform solo in Broadway, vaudeville and motion picture productions over the next decade. She remarried three times, had children and became an animal-rights activist. In 1939, her life with Vernon was dramatized in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle.

Picture dated 29th July 1914,

 

Barbara Kent

 

Barbara Kent (born Barbara Cloutman; 16th December 1907 – 13th October 2011) was a Canadian-American film actress,

prominent from the silent film era to the early talkies of the 1920s and 1930s.

In 1925, Kent won the Miss Hollywood Beauty Pageant.

Time for tea

Mary Miles Minter

It’s too early to get up

 

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