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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 at the Brady Centre in Hanbury St which are now the subject of an exhibition WE ARE THE BRADY GIRLS, from 6th October to 7th November at the Atrium Gallery, London Metropolitan University, Goulston St, E1 7TP.

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

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