Category: Prue Bury and Swinging London

One of the first Mary Quant models, Prudence Bury was part of Swinging London at its beginning. Prue appeared with the Beatles in “A Hard Day’s Night” before Mary sent her to New York to introduce the miniskirt to America.

And Now For Something Completely Accidental

More than five years ago, I read this excellent book about the history of George Harrison’s Handmade Films.

https://www.amazon.com/Very-Naughty-Boys-Amazing-HandMade/dp/1781167087/

Not only did I learn a lot about Handmade Films, I learned something I hadn’t known about Amazon. An author has the ability to give an Amazon customer free access to a Kindle edition of their book(s). Which Robert Sellers did for me, in thanks for putting him in touch with Prue. Robert’s e-mail account must have been hacked, because a few years later I began receiving occasional messages from the account that are obvious phishing attempts. Which concerns me, because I would like to contact Sellers again to talk about something.

Anyway, I’ve read Robert’s book about Handmade Films, but I have yet to see this movie. I will be doing that very soon.

https://youtu.be/0mkSn28WBbw

The Pruetape Letters

A couple more tidbits from my first recorded conversation with Prue.

In this clip Prue explains why her father decided the family should stay in England after the war, rather than return to Belgium.

Prue had this funny comment about being a ballet student and seeing Moira Shearer.

Moira Shearer

The Man Ain’t Got No Culture

I’m going to come out about something, so I can’t back out of seeing it through to completion. Not that I would want to anyway.

Thanks to WhatsApp, I’m working with Prue on her memoir. Some of the cultural references she makes are challenging. She mentioned the name Diaghilev. When I pleaded ignorance, she added the name Nijinsky, and thanks to that I found this documentary.

https://youtu.be/lmsR8eR2-MI

The video is narrated by Tilda Swinton, who played Dr. Strange’s teacher the Ancient One. Hah! So my Marvel Comics background isn’t completely irrelevant.

One of Prue’s earliest memories is of a German V1 rocket overhead in London. They were called Buzz Bombs or, as she remembers them being called, Doodlebugs.