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'Fracas at El Vino's'
"The City is a man's world. But at El Vino's women are welcome in the back room". A classic feminist cause celebre was the campaign to win equal treatment for women in this legendary legal and financial bar

Serena photographed women, famous, at work and play and generally going about their business. These photographs are taken around the streets of Islington where Serena lived. A snapshot of the lives of women in the 1970s.

'Fracas at El Vino's
written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham :
"The City is a man's world. But at El Vino's women are welcome in the back room".
A classic feminist cause celebre was the campaign to win equal treatment for women in this…

A poster of a young Paul Newman hangs on a beam.

A man looks at the sign for "Ladies and girl swimmers only' on Hampstead Heath.

A choir of about 100 women and young girls performing on a cinema stage. A male pianist sits in front of them. There are four banners with the initials LCC or CCL behind them. The donor believed the image may be a Plymouth ABC cinema.
It is…

Since the early 1920s the Women's pond has been a secluded oasis popular with North London women for both swimming - especially after the pike were removed - and socialising.

written on back by Serena Wadham "recommend 28a"
women's string trio

women's string trio
close-ups of unidentified women musicians practising

Written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham:
'at Kingsgate Womens' centre, women are shown how to examine their own cervix with the help of a speculum, a torch, and a mirror.'

Wood Carvings at Star Castle.

Wood Carvings at Star Castle.

Wood Saws, various

Wood working tools

Woodbury

Wooded land near Callestock.

Wooded land near Callestock.