'I wore a copy of a Shirley Temple dress'

'I wore a copy of a Shirley Temple dress'

Avril Patterson remembers her dancing and elocution lessons from childhood.

Avril Patterson

Trinity College Dublin

1935

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Avril Patterson

Childhood and Early Life

Life Story

Belfast,Northern Ireland

1930's

I was baptised in Lisburn Road Methodist Church,Belfast. I went to this Sunday School and I still have my 1st,2nd and 3rd birthday cards from The Cradle Roll.I was taught Ballet at Lena King dance Studios,Dublin Road Belfast also elocution with Irene Marsden,Belfast.I danced in the Theatre,Belfast. I wore a copy of a Shirley Temple dress. I have a vague memory of attending Malone Presbyterian Church Brownies. I still have these badges.I was given a gift of a child's chair. The chair was a copy of the furniture used in Princess Elizabeth's and Princess Margaret's doll's house.

Irish Research Council for Arts,Humanities & Social Sciences (IRCHSS)

Dr Kathleen McTiernan (Trinity College Dublin)

Dr Deirdre O'Donnell (Trinity College Dublin)