Date:1960
Description:Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield were dance partners who won both British and European championships and were teachers and judges on the BBC's original 'Come Dancing' program in the 1950s. During the 1950s they opened 'Syds Bar', a bar and ballroom across from St Giles Church, on Church Street. They were married in 1968. Syd died in 1989 and Edna in 2008, aged 94.
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A view of St. Giles' Church in as it looked between 1721 and 1876. The Georgian ...
A pencil and coloured wash by John Whessell. This drawing captures Red Lion Square ...
This photograph was taken by Edwin Harrison, a prominent local photographer at the ...
In 1876 St. Giles' was rebuilt in the Gothic revival style by Sir George Gilbert ...
Beeston's Vaults still stood in 2002 when it was known as the Wine Vaults. The building ...
Demolition of building formerly Moody's Saddler opposite St. Giles' Church.
Painted by artist Alf Fallows in 1981 this watercolour depicts Red Lion Square in ...
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Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield were dance partners who won both British and European championships and ...
Church Street at the corner of Merrial Street and High Street during demolition. Pictured are the Talbot ...
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Donor ref:PA 10921 (22/48810)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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