THE announcement last week of the death of the famous child star of the 1930s Shirley Temple prompted Broke resident octogenarian Muriel Bird to go in search of a long held gift.
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Mrs Bird had received a Christmas present from her mother nearly 80 years ago of a set of three handkerchiefs – each containing a print of the young Shirley Temple at the height of her fame.
Unfortunately Mrs Bird could only locate one of the remaining set and this remaining hanky brought back many childhood memories.
“I got a shock when I heard Shirley had died, I probably thought that had occurred sometime ago but went and found the hanky and I started thinking about when I saw her films,” Mrs Bird said.
“We would have gone to the Lyric or Strand picture theatres in town with my grand parents to see her films.
“One really strong memory is my sister Edna having curly black hair like Shirley and we all thought that was wonderful, in particular Edna.”
Shirley Temple died last week aged 85. Starting her acting career aged three Shirley was well known for her tap dance routines and her signature song was ‘On the Good Ship Lollipop”
She eventually went onto pursue a career as a diplomat.
For Mrs Bird she is planning to take extra care of her Shirley Temple hanky giving it pride of place on her sideboard.