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Aunt Gracie's dressing room... was the brightest place on
earth! It smelled of sweet perfume, greasepaint, cold crème, flowers and tobacco. -
Anthony Parry, Gracie's nephew (Betty's
son)
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1934
One of Gracie's most popular films
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A shot from the film "Sing As We Go"
which was
made in 1934. Gracie raffled the cycle she rode in the film and raised £250 for
charity.
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Gracie tries out this "Weird Contraption"
in Regent's Park, London. She said that
she'd try anything once but despite her
help the idea never caught on.
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1934 - Friends and neighbours await Gracie's arrival at her
old friend's tiny off-licence shop in Rochdale. Bertha Schofield and her daughter Ada had been close friends of
Gracie's family
for many years and Gracie would stay with them whenever she visited Rochdale' |
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Gracie pulls a pint of 'mixed' for one of Bertha's customers.
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A photograph
outside the Trocadero Theatre, London, taken by Tomlin for the Daily
Herald newspaper in 1934. Theatre posters advertise the appearance on
stage that night of Gracie Fields - due to present the winner's cheque
of £10,000 in the Daily Herald 'Radio Stars' contest. |
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