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The Vyponds

Max Erard and Zona Vevey ….& Co… https://www.tumblr.com/footlightnotes/39830711458/husband-and-wife-max-erard-and-zona-vevey : ‘Husband and wife, Max Erard and Zona Vevey composer/entertainer at the piano and singer (photo: unknown, possibly Henderson & Co, Rochdale, circa 1912).’ In the...

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JOHN WRAY

1841-1913 LAYTON CEMETERY REGISTRAR 1873-1913 Compiled by Colin Reed. Published September 2023. The accommodation, as it is today, provided, in the beginning, for the resident Registrar at the cemetery site in Layton, Blackpool. Thanks...

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George Washington Williams 1849-1891

Soldier, preacher, politician, lawyer, historian, traveller, public speaker, lecturer, champion of his race and stern critic of the established inertia towards the resolution of worldwide slavery, especially within the American and African continents. Born...

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Pauline Rivers

Pauline Rivers Danseuse, Maitresse de ballet, choreographer and creator of the lasting children’s ballet at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. In the theatre industry publication, the Era of 27th October 1926; ‘Madame Pauline Rivers is...