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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
