We met a gay icon yesterday, in the tiny but perfectly formed person of Miss Barbara Windsor (stalwart of Carry On movies and Eastenders)!
She was at one of our (and Marc Almond's!) favourite venues, Wilton's Music Hall (the oldest in the world), to open their "Vintage Open Day" and fundraising cake competition. The building is (understandably) in need of huge amounts of money to bring it back to a suitable state of repair - particularly as it was turned down for Lottery cash last year - and we were more than happy to give generously in aid of such a good cause.
Among the many famous bits of footage that used Wilton's as a backdrop: music videos such as Frankie Goes to Hollywood Relax and Annie Lennox No More I Love Yous, films including The Krays, DeLovely (which was playing on the big screen while we were there), Chaplin, Interview with a Vampire and The Importance of Being Earnest, and TV programmes like Tipping the Velvet and Little Dorrit.
Babs was absolutely lovely, regaling the audiences of her memories of the East End and her love for its history, chatting with everyone who came along, and posing for endless photos. She's tireless!
She didn't actually sing at the event, but I couldn't let a Tacky Music Monday go by without taking the opportunity to feature her lovely tonsils ("Oooo, ta!")...
You can support Wilton's too!
It was a fabulous afternoon/evening - Babs was a total sweetheart posing for pictures and stopping to talk to everyone who she met - so pleased I went/came.
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We had such a good day - lovely company, lovely venue, and those historic pubs in Wapping to finish. A special Sunday! Jx
ReplyDeleteA fabulous afternoon and great to see the gang again. James couldn't stop going about about his new found friends!! And was the envy of the teachers at school when we told them what he'd been up to that weekend! Not many 5 year olds can claim tea and afternoon cakes with an icon!!
ReplyDeleteHe's such a sweet little lad - I hope he wasn't too much of a handful after all that sugar! Lovely to see you "en famille"... Jx
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