- Identifier
- 101-0003-004
- Title
- Interview with Sarah Francisco (Sadie Hopkins). Tape 2
- 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
- 101-0003-003
- Subject
- Work history; travelling; types of music she liked; where in Africa she has been.
- Interviewee
- Sarah Francisco (Sadie Hopkins)
- Summary
- Discuss her life in revues in Spain and Paris. Describes her experiences as a 'coloured show girl' in revue towns and move to England following the outbreak of WW2. Discusses her experiences working on 'the sun never sets' and her life touring Germany. Sarah describes her return to England and difficulty obtaining work due to performers from America such as Elizabeth Welch. She discusses her work for the Red Cross during the war and her retirement from Showbusiness. She descriv=bes her dance training with the Espinosa dancing school in London and her performances in Europe. Discusses her performances further including her experiences in malta where she contracted the fever. Discusses her return to Paris and her return to London. Sadie discusses her experience of working small clubs and discusses owner Collins who was Joan Collins' father who employed many people of colour. Goes on to discuss Paris life, Jazz artists and writers she knew including Django Reinhart and Stephan Grapelli. Discusses Jazz Orchestras and Great singers like Ella Fitzgerald.Discusses Paris and 'Bricktop' who she knew. Discusses dancing and the countries of Cabarets she worked in
- Digital File
- No
- Storage Location
- Glamorgan Archives and National Library of Wales
- Conditions of Access
- Open
- British Library Ref
- UNLW023/252
Relation: UNLW023/251
