- Identifier
- 101-0003-003
- Title
- Interview with Sarah Francisco (Sadie Hopkins). Tape 1
- Description
- 0lwen's 93 year old maternal aunt
- Type
- Item
- Format
- 2 Compact Audio Tape
- Date
- 27/07/1987
- Contributor
- BHAC
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Copyright situation unknown/other, contact HCE
- Publisher
- Contact HCE if you would like to use or reproduce this item
- Relation
- 101-0003-004
- Subject
- Family background; working career; her life as a performer; visiting places in Europe; what Paris was like for black people; work history.
- Interviewee
- Sarah Francisco (Sadie Hopkins)
- Summary
- Sarah (Sadie) discusses her early upbringing in Liverpool, watching the ships and her life in Mersey st. Talks about her Fathers work as a Linguist, discusses parents birth origin and her coming to Cardiff following the death of her father. Sarah discusses the start of her performing life in school in Liverpool and the talent scout who came to Cardiff looking for a child. She discusses her work with the 'Georgia Specials'. Discusses her life further as part of troupe which disbanded in Vienna. Speaks about help she received from dancers to make up an act and discusses her move to America before the outbreak of war. Discusses performing with a Chinese act in Harlem before travelling the South with 'Black Patti'. Discusses her return to Europe and Harlem. Names the theatres she worked in in Harlem.
- Digital File
- No
- Storage Location
- Glamorgan Archives and National Library of Wales
- Conditions of Access
- Open
- British Library Ref
- UNLW023/251
Relation: UNLW023/252
