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Girls Back on Track

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Tickets

£5

Location

St John's Hall (Alverne Room), Penzance

Dates

Wed 6th July, 2022
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1:00 pm |

Finish time 2.30 pm

About this event

Penzance Litfest presents: Success Stories from a Penzance Refuge 1908-1990 with Jenny Dearlove.

Folk singer Linda Collins will be quizzing Jenny Dearlove about her book Women to the Rescue: A Penzance Refuge for Girls in Trouble. Jenny, who is chair of Penwith Local History Group, tells the story of some 3,000 young women and girls who were helped to make a new life. The disconnect between society’s expectations of a respectable life, alongside the reality for some girls trapped by circumstances, will be illustrated by contemporary magazines and comics along with two Cornish songs.

Contact

01736 363 545   |  https://www.pzlitfest.co.uk/event-detail/girls-back-on-track-success-stories-from-a-penzance-refuge-1908-1990-with-jenny-dearlove-and-linda-collins/r/recu7zb72z64RCgRD

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