An article that has just come to light
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:45 am
I have just uploaded to the Library, in the Miscellaneous Images section, an article which I don't think I have seen before. It has come to me from Bernie, via Brian Henson, who received it from a friend of his. The story attached to this article is as follows:
Ruby had an auntie who lived in the Leeds area and when Ruby played Leeds, early on in her career, she and Marie Murphy (nee Cunningham), Ruby's travelling companion /cum/ secretary, both stayed with this auntie for the week. The auntie's house was antiquated, to say the least, and there appeared to be no toilet in the house. From what I could gather there was a block of toilets that several houses shared and when Ruby enquired where it was the reply was "You catch a tram . . . . ". The man in the photo with Ruby is believed to be her cousin, I think the auntie's son? Ruby was once again playing the Empire Theatre and he came to interview Ruby - this is the interview and the photo.
I don't know what the initials YIM stand for, but no doubt if we find out it will get posted here!
Ruby had an auntie who lived in the Leeds area and when Ruby played Leeds, early on in her career, she and Marie Murphy (nee Cunningham), Ruby's travelling companion /cum/ secretary, both stayed with this auntie for the week. The auntie's house was antiquated, to say the least, and there appeared to be no toilet in the house. From what I could gather there was a block of toilets that several houses shared and when Ruby enquired where it was the reply was "You catch a tram . . . . ". The man in the photo with Ruby is believed to be her cousin, I think the auntie's son? Ruby was once again playing the Empire Theatre and he came to interview Ruby - this is the interview and the photo.
I don't know what the initials YIM stand for, but no doubt if we find out it will get posted here!