Vesta Tilley was a remarkable star (From Worcester News)

Vesta Tilley was a remarkable star

8:10am Tuesday 7th September 2010 in

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SIR – I read with interest James Savage’s article about the campaign to name a new footbridge in Worcester after Vesta Tilley (August 25). As a member of the de Frece family I am in full support of this proposal. My great-grandfather Isaac de Frece was a brother of Henry de Frece, whose son Walter de Frece, was Vesta Tilley’s husband and manager. Mr Savage’s account of Vesta Tilley’s fame is very accurate and was the subject of the 1957 motion picture, After the Ball, starring Pat Kirkwood and Laurence Harvey. I have done a considerable amount of reading about Vesta Tilley’s career and, as the article notes, she was very famous in her time and certainly deserves the recognition of having the new bridge in Worcester named after her.

I have no doubt that, if this is achieved, there will be a sign at each end of the bridge that details her many accomplishments. At that point, the citizens of Worcester who use the bridge will come know of this remarkable star of music hall shows on both sides of the Atlantic.

Dr Robert de Frece, Alberta, Canada