Leaping Lady by George Douglas
London, early 1950s but the year is unknown because although George kept a cut of the front page he trimmed it to fit a scrapbook and there is no date on it….
Picture Post Easter Edition cover
This gorgeous image shows 18-year-old Pat Knowles, who only months earlier had packed in her work as a dancing instructor in Blackpool, boarded a night train to London with less than £1 in her purse, and auditioned the next morning for a role as a chorus girl in a West End show.
She got the part. George saw the show – and her flaming red hair and amazing smile – and asked her to help him illustrate “Spring Is In The Air” for Picture Post. Of course, she made the front cover.