Our Haigh & Gurden Family
Agnes Strathie EASTON[1]
1916 - 1991 (74 years)-
Name Agnes Strathie EASTON [2] Relationship with Mark GURDEN Birth 30 Sep 1916 Edinburgh, Scotland [2] Gender Female Death 25 Sep 1991 Edinburgh, Scotland [2] Person ID I1706 Main Tree Last Modified 30 Jun 2006
Father James Galloway EASTON, b. 1 Jun 1880, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland d. 1948, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 67 years) Mother Agnes STRATHIE, b. 4 Dec 1879, Winchburgh, Kirkliston, Linlithgow, Scotland d. 9 Sep 1949, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 69 years) Marriage 13 Jul 1899 Broxburn, Scotland [2, 3] Notes Family ID F457 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family George Buick MCWHINNIE d. 2 Oct 1996 [1] Children 1. Living Family ID F557 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jun 2006
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Notes - [Easton July 2005.FTW]
Known as Nan.
Worked as a bookbinder, but her passion was dance.
Nan ran a dancing school in Portobello called the Nan Easton School ofDancing. She taught tap and ballet dancing. All the family (certainlyall the females) attended the dancing school classes. It was an extremelypopular and well know dancing school and put on a wonderful annualconcert which ran for 3 evenings in Portobello Town Hall. It was always asell out. In addition to the family dancing in the concert all familymembers were involved in one way or another (scenery, lighting,music,taking tickets at the door, opening the curtains, selling programmes,etc.) The biggest job by far leading up to event was the costume making.Her sister Nellie Easton and sister-in-law Betty Easton (Elizabeth AnnSmith - widow of Jim Easton) spent weeks making tutus and other costumesand their homes were filled with costumes, pieces of material and threadseverywhere with the sewing machine permanently on the kitchen table.
Nan Easton (although we didn't realise it then) was very innovative inher dance routines. Soon after it had been invented she used ultra violetlight onto costumes to make skeletons. The lasting memory of all thefamily is that of skeletons dancing on stage - all the lights were out -no one had ever seen anything like this before and didn't know how it wasdone. I suppose many of the children in the audience may have hadnightmares! (Source: Neices Muriel Smart Bell and Christine Peace) [1]
- [Easton July 2005.FTW]
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