Audrey Mossom

Elsie Audrey Mossom (3 September 1920, Preston – 1 September 2009, Hastings) was an English teen celebrity and later a professional dancer.[1][2] She was crowned the 10th Railway Queen of Great Britain at the Railway Carnival and Pageant held at Belle Vue, Manchester in August 1935 when she was 15 years old.[1] Later in 1935, she turned on the Blackpool Illuminations, an annual lights festival in Blackpool.[3] 50 years later, she again turned on the Blackpool Illuminations.[4]

In 1936, she travelled to the Soviet Union on a peace visit and met Joseph Stalin.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Shenton, Kenneth (1 October 2009). "Audrey Mossom: Railway Queen of Great Britain who was entertained by Stalin on a peace trip to the Soviet Union". The Independent. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lives Remembered". Daily Telegraph. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Blackpool Illuminations". The Electrical Journal. Benn Bros., Limited. 115: 351. 1935. Retrieved 24 August 2014. Miss Elsie Audrey Mossom, the Railway Queen of Great Britain, performed the inaugural ceremony. The display is to be continued for five weeks and will cost £16 000. It is expected that about 3 000 000 visitors will be attracted to the resort ...
  4. ↑ "Who Switched On Blackpool Illuminations". Blackpool Lancashire's Seaside Town. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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