British ice skaters en route for USA
Jul. 07, 1956 - Friday 13th, Is Their Lucky Day. Skating Starlets Leave For U.S.A. Six young British skating starlets left Waterloo in the Queen Mary boat-train en-route for New York. They carry with them a three-year contract to appear in America's top ice show, Ice Capades, which opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey. They were recently chosen at auditions held in London by millionaire U.S. Ice Showman, John H. Harris, and their tour will taken them to all the top cities of the United States and Canada. Keystone Photo Shows:- Pictured in the carriage window before leaving Waterloo are (L to R - Top): June Gill, 19, of Wembley and Dolores Arden, 18, of Hampstead: (L to R - Bottom)- Virginia Iverson, 18, of Mill Hill, and Jean Alsop, 21, of Bracknell, Herts
