tea’s gone cold
[ukpol, interesting] as Vera Lynn has died it's time to revisit the UK's psychotic moral panic about how listening to crooning made men too gay to fight The forgotten World War II backlash against Vera Lyn...
tea’s gone cold
all the chuds blasting Vera now would have blamed her for all social ills in the 1930s
fairy lights
not related but have you seen the photo of her in belle vue in the 70s?
tea’s gone cold
no
fairy lights
i presume the building isn't there any more since a lot was knocked down on belle vue but shoutout to our local turf anyway
i presume the building isn't there any more since a lot was knocked down on belle vue but shoutout to our local turf anyway
snowycrown
that was an interesting read. people will blame anyone for anything.
tea’s gone cold
hell yeah! appearing with drag queen Danny La Rue to help breast cancer at a time when talking about it was taboo!
fairy lights
she was good people
snowycrown
Second World War 'Forces' Sweetheart' singer Vera Ly...
snowycrown
just finished reading this. it's an incredibly impressive life that she led.