Jenny Blackhurst 😯

[TheFamousGrouse]

Was that in London?

Yes in London. And it is true that some places would not accommodate Black, Irish or Dogs.

 

[Kit10]

I remember my Father telling me this years ago. He had come over to England during the war, working in the fire service. Oddly enough I noticed something similar when I lived in Germany in the Eighties. Many pubs and clubs had a ‘No Turks, No Soldiers’ policy.

 

[Craftalot]

Yes in London. And it is true that some places would not accommodate Black, Irish or Dogs.

Yep - they used to have cards in the window saying just that. Can you imagine that now!

 

[maymorganlondon]

No doubt there are plenty of things going on now that will cause hand-wringing in the future. Here and in other countries too.
There are always wonderful things alongside shameful things.
And the shameful things should temper the perspective on the wonderful, but not remove the right to celebrate the best of what our past history and heritage has to offer.
No human, culture, society or country is perfect. We all make choices, and we all make mistakes.

 

[Timaling]

I remember my grandad telling me there used to be adverts in shop windows, post offices etc, advertising jobs, and the adverts used to say “no Irish to apply”

 

[China Girl]

There used to be an army camp not far from our town, this was back in the 80s, now long gone.
There were several night clubs/discos in the town centre.
A few of them had a door policy....'no squadies' does that still happen these days? I've no idea, my disco days are a distant memory

 

[Peppermint Patti]

Was that in London?

I think so. I don't remember where I grew up having boarding houses, we lived on a council estate.

 

[rubia]

There used to be an army camp not far from our town, this was back in the 80s, now long gone.
There were several night clubs/discos in the town centre.
A few of them had a door policy....'no squadies' does that still happen these days? I've no idea, my disco days are a distant memory

Just awful really.

 

[backstreetgirl]

There used to be an army camp not far from our town, this was back in the 80s, now long gone.
There were several night clubs/discos in the town centre.
A few of them had a door policy....'no squadies' does that still happen these days? I've no idea, my disco days are a distant memory

I was in the Navy in the early 70s. I did my basic training in Reading and remember going into the town centre with the other girls and seeing 'no matelots' in the window of some pubs. We got in because we didn't go into town in uniform but I was told by one landlord that it applied to girl sailors too.

 

[Grizelda]

I was in the Navy in the early 70s. I did my basic training in Reading and remember going into the town centre with the other girls and seeing 'no matelots' in the window of some pubs. We got in because we didn't go into town in uniform but I was told by one landlord that it applied to girl sailors too.

Maybe only to French sailors!

 

[maymorganlondon]

In some cases rejecting people by their occupation might be due to previous bad experiences or fear of bad experiences (brawls with trained armed forces personnel might be more dangerous, for example).
At present tourists have become unwelcome in parts of Europe, possibly because the numbers of tourists prevents locals from living in their home towns or because of holidaymakers’ behaviour.
A few years back cities like Dublin and Amsterdam began to say no to hen and stag parties due to behaviour.
The horrible behaviour people with aids or hiv diagnoses were treated to… one of the greatest things Princess Diana did was touching aids patients, and it did begin to reduce the stigma and shunning (and outright abuse) patients and their families were subjected to.
I used to get roped into going to night clubs with my younger brother and his friends as all male groups wouldn’t be admitted.
Prejudice, ignorance and fear can make people very unkind. Whether because of news reports or just encountering people who are different for the first time.
And in times gone by, there were fewer challenges to displays of bigotry in all its forms than there are today.
It’s always a work in progress, never perfect. Humans can and do learn from their mistakes…and the mistakes of history.

Back to the thread topic, I hope that the rapidly thinning guests and presenters are just taking the quick route to thin and not ailing.
Jenny looks good in most of the Q fashion she wears, but please let’s hope she stops the weight loss before, like Jill Franks, she has to have bulldog clips on the back of garments so they don’t sag and bag as she’s too small a dress size.

 

[JulieB]

Jenny looks like she is wasting away

 

[candycane]

Jenny looks like she is wasting away

The sad thing is that she wasn't overweight to begin with. I always thought she looked lovely but now she looks ill.

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