Cherry Potts, Writer

Tag: Cross-dressing

  • The Historical Birthday-Tea Party March 23rd

    And finally I’ve caught up! A week’s holiday does get in the way of a regular blog. Right, we’re going for one of those early cross dressers today, though it is an actual genuine birth date. Hannah Snell  23/3/1723-1792 In 1740, Hannah’s parents died and she moved to Wapping, where she married a Dutch sailor,…

  • The Historical Birthday-Tea Party 28th February

    Todays is another birth free day, so lets celebrate someone we missed in January; another cross-dresser: Charlotte Charke 13 January 1713 – 6 April 1760. Charlotte was the youngest daughter of Colley Cibber a celebrated actor. She grew up independent and took to the stage herself, frequently playing ‘britches’ parts (18th Century theatre was obsessed…