We All Had To Start Somewhere…Over The Rainbow?

Imagine it, circa 1979 in deepest darkest Vauxhall in Southwest London, just across the river from Pimlico at that long gone and forgotten institution known as The Elephant & Castle public house. Long before Vauxhall became a destination for 21st century queens, Tuesday night was ‘Ladies Night’ and this was where Millie got her first taste for treading the boards. Taking her life in her hands by walking those streets after dusk, Millie, along with friends Kevin Peters and Polara became a regular feature at ladies night.

Acquiring her ‘frocks’ from local charity shops (she was the original size zero drag queen) Millie would lip synch along to classics such as Peggy Lee’s ‘Fever’ through a vodka sodden stupor …dreadfully.
Blinded into submission by the glare of the spot light that frequently beckoned her to this hell hole, this was Millie’s very own ‘London Palladium’. With her Abigail’s Party blue eye shadow plastered on like an unconvincing geezer bird, this was to be the catalyst that would steer Millie on to become the True Drag Goddess that so many adored.

As you can see from the earliest known photo above of the Goddess in waiting, it was all part of evolution...natural drag beauty didn’t happen overnight; nor did acquiring Goddess like status either!