Heather Tweed
@heathertweed
Artist, writer, researcher. Veiled & forgotten 19th Century characters, Circus, Music Hall. SoA, British Music Hall Soc, Circus250 Book Ahoy! www.heathertweed.net www.heathertweed.co.uk
#InternationatCatDay ‘Bite or snuggle? Bite or snuggle? Shall I spoil the show? Only you can decide! Meow! ’
‘GLADYS AYLWARD MISSIONARY TO CHINA, FOUNDING TRUSTEE OF LCGM, VISITED THE MISSION IN 1955. A FILM BASED ON HER LIFE, ‘THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS' FEATURED 100 CHINESE CHILDREN FROM LIVERPOOL CHINATOWN.’ Text from blue plaque
We had a family copy when young. I poured over its spooky pages longing to be scared by a poltergeist or be visited by a fairy elf. A few years ago I realised my sister had nipped off with it. This hens-teeth book only appears to believers. 😂I found an inexpensive copy a few years ago. 👻🧙👹😈
The market used to sell wicker coffins. Do they still? (Asking for a friend 🤣) Also don’t forget the (not always welcome) cathedral cat 🐾😻
Can’t wait for new Museum of London to reopen (despite its bloody location 😬)
🤣 swan flavour judging by the handles? If you like that… you may also enjoy Emily Money a factory worker from Pontefract in liquorice dress promoting something (😁) Possibly Josephine Baker inspired
Happy Birthday Josephine Baker b. June 3rd 1906 Jazz Age Dancer, Actress, Civil Rights Activist, French Resistance Agent!
‘ A five years record as Principal Girl’! The Era, March 1916 ‘All booked up ‘till 1917’