Billie Manders in character. Photographic postcard by J.A. Harding, 193-.

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<p>Billie Manders wearing a black dress and raising the sides of his skirt. He was a popular Rhyl-based female impersonator: he and his troupe 'The Quaintesques' were concert party entertainers from the early 1920's right up to World War II. Billie was a performer from a very early age, a a pioneer of 'glamour drag', presenting an unexaggerated female appearance.</p>

Billie Manders in character. Photographic postcard by J.A. Harding, 193-.

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