‘Miss Pears would now be seen as an unsavoury beauty pageant, but we were celebrating children’
Today, Pears soap is a quietly chic addition to a well-to-do bathroom ...
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Pears soap
The Miss Pears competition began in 1958 with £1,000 prize money, and the soap dish commemorates the competition's first 25 years. Andrew Pears completed his apprenticeship as a hairdresser in ...
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Lily Savage Live: Paying the Rent
From her Lambeth Council flat to top billing on television and on the West End stage, this stand-up special spans Lily's career from her 1959 Miss Pears triumph to numerous shop-lifting ...