After a few months of persistent sleuth work my mother has chipped away at the mystery of the real Queenie May.
At first she was more interested in the fact our family used to own a pub and other such trivialities, but I have convinced her that our wayward great aunt makes much better copy!
Queenie’s grandson got in touch with mum a while ago saying he had a photo to send. I tried not to get my hopes up, thinking it would be one of those awful grumpy looking family portraits, but no..
My showpony aunt didnt let me down! This amazing saucy picture arrived, along with one of her sister Daisy.
But the plot thickens.. it turns out that her stage name was in fact May Fansette.
It also turns out there are skeletons in her closet – her husband was also in showbusiness and they left their son to be brought up by family.
Needless to say mum and I will be doing some more detective work so I can compile a proper biography of sorts.
I will keep you posted!
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