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Bertice Reading was fantastic!!!

Lol you lot!!! Just got back from parents evening!! ***WOW*** Bertice Reading??!!! Well the name rings a bell! lol - Fuzzy where did you see the picture? I can't find one - there's even an entry for her on The National Portrait Gallery site, but ''no image available''. Maybe I was at my old house?? (before 1994) A pic would clinch it!!! Merry

So glad Merry isn't a relative whose memory I rely on for family history information!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, Merry. I read through this thread thinking 'who are you on about?' and then when you said 'Bernice' the word 'Bertice' leapt into my head! nell

Awh............ I was just beginning to enjoy that. I was waiting for the white coats to arrive!! Deanna X

Oooh er, Merry was convinced she died after 1994, wonder if we have the right person after all?!! having seen a picture of her though it is definately the person I was thinking of, I do hope that there are not two fat black ladies, with two toy boys and short grey/white/blonde hair!!! Fuzz x

merry it wasnt sarah vaughan was it eileen

I had Reading right at the start.... but hooked on the Bernice thing and didn't look for Reading..... doh!!! Jacquie xxxx

LOL sheila!! You have saved us all from sleepless nights, I hate having a puzzle you cant solve, Merry will be chuffed when she gets back from parents evening, does anyone know if Bertice was related to Otis Reading? Fuzzy x

Born on 22nd July 1933 in Chester, Pennsylvania. Versatile Bertice went to live in London early in her career and sang Jazz, Blues and later, Soul music. She appeared in 'The Jazz Train' at the Piccadilly Theatre, London in the late 1950's and about 1967/8 she was living in Switzerland. She appeared in two movies, 'Lune dans le carniveau' (Moon in the gutter) in 1983 and then 'Little Shop Of Horrors' in 1986. In 1977 she guested in the 'Blankety Blank' show on TV and then again in a Lenny Henry show in 1984. She died in London in 1991.

Glad to be of service ladies *doffs hat and bows low*

Just done an image google of Bertice Reading, that is the woman that I was thinking of, I will sleep tonight, well done sheila!! Fuzzy x

You're right. Groan - I have just been searching for Bernice Reading - but it is, Bertice - hurrah. Christina

I think she's got it!!!!!!! lol

Just had a brain storm Her name was BERTICE READING Now google away for all the details. Over and out Sheila

I read through all five pages with bated breath...and I've googled as well. I'm as sure as I can be that it was Bernice Redding - if not it was something very similar. She was a little roly poly woman with no apparent hang ups about her size... and the toy boy. Funny she seems to have vanished without trace when she seemed to have such a huge personality. Perhaps that's it - she was maybe just a personality and never really did much... Sheila

Keep thinking.....off to parents evening..... Merry

Oooohhh someone quick....just come in and read all this thread.... I can see her too but can't remember her name. Thankyou Merry for raising my blood pressure even higher....lol. Jean x.

Yes Bernice rings a bell!! Keep thinking girls, still cant get hold of hubby! Fuzz x

Christina.....your Bernice reply is on Page 3!! Deanna - stop it!!!!!!!!!! lol Merry

We do, Deanna, we do. Keep thinking. Christina