The Brady Girls At The Brady Centre
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The Brady Girls with The Beatles, 1964
How glorious it is to publish these joyful photographs of the Brady Girls’ Club which are now the subject of an exhibition WE ARE THE BRADY GIRLS until 28th September at the Brady Centre, 192-196 Hanbury St. E1 5HU.
The Brady Girls’ Club ran from 1920 to 1970. Led by Miriam Moses OBE JP – the first female mayor of Stepney – the Club supported the community during the war years and after, offering shelter and practical help to hundreds of young women and families.
The exhibition features a collection of photography which was rediscovered in 2016 and has inspired a project funded by the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe to record video histories of former members of the Brady Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs.
The Brady Girls dance
A Brady Club Social
The Brady Girls and Prince Philip
The Brady Girls drama class
The Brady Girls perform Shakespeare
The Brady Girls on holiday in Oberhofen, 1961
A Brady Girls hairdressing session
At the Brady Girls canteen
The Brady Girls at the beach
The Brady Girls sack race, 1941
The Brady Girls at Bracklesham Bay, August, 1948
The Brady Girls’ camp
The Brady Girls as flappers
The Brady Girls dance class, 1940s
The Brady Girls play at being mothers
The Brady Girl guides
The Brady Girls climb the stairs in Hanbury St
Photographs courtesy The Brady Archive
A very interesting and moving story that shows once again what humane actions the British nation was and is capable of.
I myself live in a house that was part of a former Wehrmacht barracks and was built in 1937. After the Second World War, bombed-out people from the city as well as war refugees and many Jewish people were housed here. I have also done a lot of research into this history.
Love & Peace
ACHIM
I wish I had been a Brady Girl!
Wonderful memories of my time spent as a Brady Girl. Weekends at their ‘country house’, Skeet, and Sunday night dances. During the week many different activities were offered. I am in the photo taken when Prince Philip came to visit and spent time commenting (I was in the Art class). Youth clubs were the hub of teen social life in the East End and lifelong friendships were made there.
I LOVED THIS. I’m in USA. My father was NAVY .retired later. but allll my childhood the NAVY moved us EVERY 6 months. I went to 16 elementary schools and 2 high schools. We always moved where we knew NO ONE. So all my childhood I always said goodbye to new friends .as moved again. So I never had those childhood life friends like these girls did .
They look happy, smart and very community involved. It’s beautiful. I still love to move. These photos are precious and these girls made a difference in theirs and others lives.
debra
Thank you for this article
An interesting post with great photos!
It all looks like great fun, some lovely photos of young people enjoying themselves. How lucky were they to meet The Beatles?
I have so much to learn about the Brady Clubs, their buildings designed pro bono by my grandfather, who could afford to from the proceeds of being the architect of Shell-Mex House on the Embankment