Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Friday 15th January 1937

League of Pity: Enjoyable Cinderella Dance: Successful Experiment at Exeter: Picturesque Scene at Rougemont: As an experiment the Exeter “League of Pity,” the junior section of the N.S.P.C.C., forsook its customary annual juvenile fancy dress party this year, and held a Cinderella dance from eight to twelve, mainly for slightly senior young people, at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter …  (description of event and dresses worn) … Miss Elizabeth Marshall wore an ankle-length frock of turquoise blue tulle, with the very full skirt gathered on at the waist of the close-fitting bodice that was finished with short, puffed sleeves, and Miss Chloe Pinsent had a plaited gold bandeau snooding her long hair, matching the gold shoes she wore with her picture frock of deep primrose taffeta. Little Miss Madeleine Tinely wore a pretty, green silk frock …


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GRO0143 Devonport: Chloe Pinsent: 1920 – 2013