Craston, Victoria, c1902 - 1989
Dates
- Existence: c1902 - 1989
Biography
Victoria Craston was the second child of Martha Cashmore and Joe Craston and sister of Lulu Adams and Joe Craston. She was born in 1902 and made her debut as a musical act with her sister Lulu aged 10 while touring around Russia with her parents. From that time the duo became a popular musical act in the variety theatres of England and the Continent. Victoria will later join her sister and brother as on another musical act, The Three Crastonians, an Scotch musical act, which they performed in Kilts. Vicky and her brother Joe continued with the act when Lulu decided to focus on her clowning career after marrying Albert in 1927, changing the name of the act to The Crastonians.
Found in 91 Collections and/or Records:
Group at Cafe, c1930 - 1950
Group drinking at a cafe table. The women on the right is Victoria Craston. Possibly taken in Berlin
Group in Car, c1930 - 1950
Three women looking out from the back seat of an open topped car. The car has a registration number for Denmark. The woman to the right is Victoria Craston.
Group in Park, c1930 - 1940
Group in park, two women and a man. Woman to the right is Victoria Craston.
Group in Swimming Costumes, c1920 - 1940
Victoria Craston (left with a man and woman) all wearing swimming costumes. Possibly, Berlin, Germany.
Group in Swimming Costumes, c1930 - 1940
Large group sitting on grass in their swimming costumes. Male front row believed to be Joe Craston Junior. Woman centre middle row is Victoria Craston.
Group with Aeroplane, c1930 - 1950
Group standing next to an aeroplane. Third from left Victoria Craston. 'Leaving from Dublin from I.O.M Mr & Mrs Evans & daughter & Jean of the shades. Mary & Wavey from Sheffield & me, Pietals and Plau' written on reverse. 'Me' is Victoria Craston.
Handbills, c1924 - 1949
Handbills for variety shows featuring the Castonians and other acts.
Joe and Victoria Craston, c1920 - 1940
Joe and Victoria Craston.
La Grande Revue Annuelle du Concert Mayol Handbill, 23 - 27 January 1924
Grenoble Casino Kursaal, Les Crastonians, Yvonne Serard, Popino, comedian, Marcellus, J. Alder, Sylette, Robert & Lysiane Roberty, dancers, Leo Caldy, Renee Favaine, B. Lecoeur, De Presles, Andree Ricard, Violette Turin, Berthe Lacaze, De Valmont, Rose The, De Marcy, Geo Garner, Dalcourt, Marcelle Darcilly, The 12 Bigarelli Girls, 1p.
Louise and Victora Craston, c1920 - 1930
Louise (right) and Victoria Craston (left). 'The Birds' written on reverse.
Louise and Victoria Craston, c1920 - 1930
Louise and Victoria Craston sitting on grass in the countryside. Legs and Daisies written in pencil on reverse.
Lulu Adams Collection
This collection contains business records, newspaper cuttings, programmes, notebooks and handbills, as well as a collection of black and white photographs, some original artwork and other items relating to Lulu Adam’s personal life and career
Lulu and Vicky Card Design, c1910 - 1913
Drawn by Lulu. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Handmade card with drawings on front and reverse and handwritten text on the front. On the front, drawing of two girls in white dresses with blue ribbons, one on a skipping rope and the other hoop rolling. On the reverse two girls in white dresses with pink ribbons playing musical instruments. The text reads: My darling grandma this our rehearsals…from Lulu.
Man with Two Women, c1920 - 1940
Three people, two women and a man, standing at the rear of house. The woman to the right is Victoria Craston.
Miss Cashmore Sport Act Poster, c1900
Colour poster of Martha Cashmore performing in a horse pulled car with dogs. Printed by Andreasen & Lachmann, Copenhagen.
Not the Dolly Sisters, 7 July 1928
Photographic print of sisters Louise (Lulu) and Victoria Craston taken outside the Palace Theatre door in Paris July 1928. The photograph was probably taken by their brother Joe Craston. 'Not the Dolly Sisters' written on the front. Louise, Victoria and Joe performed together as The Crastonians.
Original Artwork, c1910 - 1949
Drawings and card, mostly pressumed to have been designed and drawn by Lulu Adams.
Performers, c1930 - 1949
Group of three performers, two men and a woman with Joe Craston Junior top and Victoria Craston.
Performers Group in the Park, c1930 - 1950
Mixed group of acrobat performers in swimming costumes in a park. Victoria Craston, back row, third from right.
Photographs, c1880 - 1950
Black and white photographs and a small amount of negatives containing a mixture of business and family archive showing performers, animals, circuses, family members such as Joe Craston, the Crastonians and Lulu, also four photo albums and two postcards of Joe Craston.