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Wigan Album
Margaret Barton
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MARGARET BARTON
Photo: Frank Orrell
Photo: Frank Orrell
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Item #: 30832
Item #: 30832
Miss Margaret Barton practising on her cello at the age of 82 in April 1967.
Half a century before she was part of a 3-piece ladies orchestra supplying light classical music during lunch and high tea in the Tripe de Luxe restaurant in Market Street, Wigan.
Half a century before she was part of a 3-piece ladies orchestra supplying light classical music during lunch and high tea in the Tripe de Luxe restaurant in Market Street, Wigan.
Comment by: DTease on 12th November 2018 at 21:40
Frank, your pictures are a treasure trove of local life in the 60s. This is a great picture of Miss Margaret Barton. From her slippers and socks to the oil lamp on top of the wireless she is the very soul of the 60s.
I, for one, would have loved to have partaken of High Tea in the Tripe de Luke Restaurant and seen her perform. Bless her little cotton socks.
Comment by: Poet on 13th November 2018 at 07:37
Ah!, a real musician playing a real instrument! By contrast
so much contemporary 'music'is made on machines by button pushers. We live in the musical dark ages.
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