Thursday 30 June 2016

Harold and Mac Lycett do the Can Can

A while ago I posted a funny photo of Harold and Mac Lycett doing the can can at a Masonic Lodge event. I was lucky enough to find some more photos. You can clearly see the pigs head sewn to the back of their knickers when they turned their backs to the audience at the end of the performance and raised their skirts. It was hilarious but obviously keeping in step wasn't too important

Violet Lycett (nee Penson) - Tivoli Sowgirl

I was lucky enough to find this photo of Violet Penson who was born in 1895 and married Ernest Lycett in 1925.  This photo shows her and her sister Rita as Tivoli showgirls and must have been taken around WW1 or shortly after that.