Newhaven Fishwives Choir Outside Binn’s Department Store c.1955
1955
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Johnstone (“Dotty”) McPhail (front row, fourth right).
“Dotty” was one of the “Five Singing Sisters”. She married William Brown and was the father of John Murray Brown. The photograph was possibly taken before a choir trip to London.
The Mcphail Sisters were:
Johnstone “Dotty” Brown
Alice “Allie” Liston
Lizzie Lees
Hannah Horribine
Jeannie Rough
Ellie Bruce
Original photograph copyright of the Newcastle Chronicle and Journal.
Donor number: 0547-048
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