Tesco Fashion Feature, December 1976

[Mikey]

Earlier i posted a set in the pics section titled "Tesco Fashion Feature, December 1976" and can be viewed here:

http://one-for-the-dads.979225.n3.nabble.com/Pans-People-post-June-1974-td4062103i200.html#a4131393

Other than the obvious anomaly i.e the stated date of December 1976, there a few other anomalies Louise and Mary appearing in the same set for one, a lack of Ruth/Cherry and Sue another. I'd love to see any theories about these, perhaps they were done in 1975?, perhaps the Louise pic was from another session or came back as a favour for the shoot, but why would she do that 2 years later? Questions, questions...

[RYAN]

Id say they were deffo done in the year and month you say Mikey, Dec 76. Not trying to be unkind, but Babs and Louise do look facially 15 and 31 months older respectfully.

[Willoway]

Yes Dec '76 makes sense, at this time none of them would have had any connection with the current dance troupe. Tesco were very cheap and cheerful back then, I'm sure hiring l&c would have been far more expensive.

Also very rare to see Louise or Babs after they left PP, tbh I thought they were completely out off the scene for commercial work.

[Mikey]

Thanks guys, ok i'll retract my initial scepticism then, it was Louise's presence that puzzled me. The pics are dated 1-12-76 by the way. I've had a quick look for anything related to this e.g articles or ads but so far no luck. In terms of other Pans persons, Sue would have been a no-no firmly a Legs and Co member by then, Lee had disappeared, Cherry was off pursuing her showbiz career and Ruth was busy as Legs & Co's manager. Nice of Mary to return too.

Never thought i'd see the words Tesco and Fashion in the same sentence though.

[RYAN]

Just on the pics, i thought Dee Dee looks quite yummy in her bed-time attire. A good dancer and good fashion model it seems.

[VintageVideos]

Interesting pictures, Mikey. Can't help with the date but the absence of Cherry, Ruth & Sue seems to point at a date past April 1976. I do wonder though if the name Pan's People still had such a marketable value by then.

[Willoway]

Hadn't Dee Dee's Pan's People kicked off by Dec '76? If so her appearing in these ads may be a bit odd as it diminishes her group to a degree.

[Mikey]

I think so Willoway, but a few hours doing a shoot would not impact it much.

Heres another Tesco reference. I still find it odd that Tesco could use a group no longer together and still trading on the name as Vin suggests was it still marketable. I guess they were still well known personalities (especially Dee Dee and Babs) even after TOTP.

[Mikey]

Another thing i've noticed Louise is sporting the same 'ethnic knitwear' as Dee Dee in the Rex pic



Suefan if you are still looking in do you recall, was this Tesco stuff mentioned before perhaps at PP.com in the past?

PS I agree Mary looks great in those PJs

[Suefan]

Mikey I don't recall any of the pictures that you've recently posted appearing on the PP site.  It was a stinker of a place to navigate oneself about mind, but saying that I'm fairly sure they were not mentioned.

[Mikey]

Thanks Suefan, i thought maybe it was mentioned previously (like the Woolworths one), but interesting if this never cropped up before, something worth looking into further.

[Suefan]

Yes.  As the old hands I'm sure would confirm, the PP site was a difficult one to navigate your way around, but they'd also confirm that if I'd ever seen a picture of Mary in the pyjamas previously it isn't an image I'd have forgotten!

[PattiforPM]

I so vouch

[Mikey]

Here is an advert for a publication i'm not familiar with 'Reveille', so looking at the picture of Dee Dee and Babs its the same clothes related to this feature, so not December '76 at all then but a few months earlier. I thought id keep the full ad as it looks like a rather strange publication.

[Doc]

I can remember Reveille, I think it was like a weekend version of the Daily Mirror but a bit closer to The Sun in content. One of my Grandmothers used to get both papers.

[VintageVideos]

There is an edition of the "New Reveille" from September 28, 1973, on ebay right now, featuring an article about Pan's People.
Quote, "This week's two-page 'Television' section includes stories on: Pan's People ('Happy Dancing Their Lives Away') largish 1/2 page feature / interview(s) with the members of the popular dancing five-some (Louise, Babs, Cherry, Ruth & Dee-Dee) who appear weekly on BBC tv's Top Of The Pops which is currently watched by ten million viewers - includes comments from Louise, Dee-Dee, Cherry, Ruth and American born choreographer Flick Colby - includes a largish b&w publicity shot of the girls."

[Legsfan]

Could this be the article from that eBay auction?

[AC/PD]

Well spotted, LF.

[Mikey]

Looks like Ruth didn't escape the Tesco Fashion Feature then