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Article published the Friday 16 July 2010 - Latest update : Friday 16 July 2010

Slideshow - Bluebell girls at the Paris Lido

Bluebell girls between shows
Alison Hird

By Alison Hird

Some 10,000 showgirls have high-kicked night after night on Paris's Champs Elysées since Irish-born dancer Margaret Kelly - known as Miss Bluebell - brought her troop from the Folies Bergères to the Lido in 1948. Alison Hird visited the venue and took her camera with her.

Slideshow - Bluebell girls at the Lido
The girls on stage
The girls on stage
Lido site
Three bluebells between shows
Three bluebells between shows
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Mariel Evans (left) takes new Bluebell Julie through her steps. New recruits have just two weeks rehearsal before going on stage
Mariel Evans (left) takes new Bluebell Julie through her steps. New recruits have just two weeks rehearsal before going on stage
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Lindsey Raven with photo of Miss Bluebell and girls
Lindsey Raven with photo of Miss Bluebell and girls
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Once a bluebell always a bluebell - Annette Hirsch (53) from Australia has lost none of her poise
Once a bluebell always a bluebell - Annette Hirsch (53) from Australia has lost none of her poise
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    Read Alison's article and listen to her radio report in Rendezvous.

    tags: Dance - Paris
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