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A smiling Jill Bryson wears a black T shirt of the cover artwork from Strawberry Switchblade's Since Yesterday single.
Close up black and white photo of Jill Bryson and Rose McDowall's faces, both are looking at the camera with gentle smiles
Page from UK teen girls magazine Jackie. Titled 'she's got designs on you', it featured five photos of young women wearing very bright clothes, and text about how Jill Bryson makes her own clothes and accessorises to match.
Black and white advert for Let Her Go. The cover art is large and central, it features Rose and Jill in trademark polka dots with headbands of plastic flowers that trail long ribbons. The text says: "Strawberry Switchblade the new 7 inch and 3 track 12 inch single Let Her Go. 12 inch includes the extra track Michael Who Walks By Night. From the girls that know".
Jill Bryson in 1983. She's looking at the camera, heavy eye make-up, hair backcombed, a headband trails long ribbons.
The cover of All Night Holiday by Russ Abbot - a painting of a beach scene with pop stars as descrivbed in the post.
Strawberry Switchblade and Ryuichi Sakamoto sat round a restaurant table, David Balfe squaeezes past behind.
Slightly tatty leaflet listing gigs in March, April and May 1984, including Allen Ginsberg at the Albert Hall, Cocteau Twins at the Royal Festival Hall, and Strawberry Switchblade and Nick Cave at the Electric Ballroom.
Screenshot os Strawberry Switchblade's listenrership on Spotify. Trees and Flowers is top with over 39 million streams. Go Away is second with 6 million, 734 thousand, one hundred and twelve streams. Since Yesterday is third with 6 million, 731 thousand, five hundred and twenty two streams.
Close up black and white photo looking down at three people looking up - Drew, Rose and Ian.
Black and white photo of five young people. Rose McDowall is leaning against a wall in two-piece trouser suit of sorts with large black polka dots.
Monochrome photo of Jull and Rose in white dresses with black polka dots. Jill leans away, eyes closed while Rose in the foreground looks in the other direction.
Jill and Rose lie on the grass in the sunshine wearing polka dots and shades
A scan of the two page feature in Smash Hits, with one page taken up with a photo of the band.
Cover of Smash Hits magazine featuring Strawberry Switchblade in all their ribboned, backcombed polka dot finery, looking at the camera
Four people stand in a room against a wall, smiling for the camera. Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson are in the middle in short dresses and hairbands with plastic flowers and long trailing ribbons. They are flanked by two casually dressed men of a comparable age. The walls have pictures of musicians, it appears to be one of Ringo Starr just behind Jill.
Front page of the Hellfire Club ledger with its address, owners' names and the founding date, 4 July 1980
Page from the Hellfire Club ledger dated Sunday 22 November 1981, listing the three songs and which instrument goes on each of the four tracks on the master tape.
Rose and Jill sit wearing black polka dot flamenco dresses and large headbands with colourful plastic flowers. in front of them are numerous open beer bottles on a table, beside and behind them are hand basins.
Scan of a section of a page of Smash Hits. It reads: Singles reviewed by Neil Tennant STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE Since Yesterday (Korova) This begins, if I’m not mistaken, with a snatch of something famous by the composer Sibelius, and then ventures into a wistful melody, sung in brittle harmonies which touches the heart. One of the few records this week which isn’t trying to sound like something else.
Two young people outside a doorway in a sandstone building. Stephen is on the left in a duffel coat, Jill on the right in blue jacket, daisy print dress and very thick eyeliner. Neither looks like they're posing for the camera.
Black and white photo. Face to face from the side, turned to the camera.
Close up photo ina studio. Jill has red lipstick, crimped red hair and a hairband with red plastic roses. Rose stands next to her in a black PVC catsuit with black crimped hair and a diamante tiara, with purpley blue lipstick.
Outdoor photo, unposed, with Jill and Rose smiling at an unknown person. It's a sunny day, on the left is a person turned away from camera with long dark hair, wearing a red body warmer, checked shirt and blue jeans. In the centre is Jill Bryson with red back combed hair and a green strapless dress with black polka dots and black velevet sleeves. On the right is Rose McDowall in a white dress with black polka dots and ra-ra skirt.
Black and white sepia toned photo of Balfe sat in a chair staring into space next to Jill and Rose.
Black and white photo with Alan in the foreground on the left, looking down as if reading notes, Viv in the foreground on the right mid-speech, and Jill in the background in the centre, chin resting on hand, listening.
Poster for Strawberry Switchblade's 1986 Japanese tour
Sepia toned black and white photo of a young Jill standing with her arms cruciform as if about to start ballet moves, smiling. She's wearing a black leotard embroidered with two large S letters on the chest.
The ocver of Strawberry Switchblade's Jolene single. Rose and Jill are in black, wearing big furry black hads, and the photo is surrounded in a wreath of flowers. The word Jolene is written vertically, with lines from the song between each letter.
Advert in the Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser for Strawberry Switchblade and Erasure live a Smokey's in Arbroath on Thursday 19 Septmebr 1985
Adrvert from the Brechin Advertiser newspaper, 12 September 1985. Jars Discotheque is having a 'Top of the Pops' night. For 75p you can see Strawberry Switchblade and Erasure!
Yellowed photo of Vince Clarke, Andy Bell, Jill Bryson and Rose McDowall sat round a nightclub table. Between Jill and Rose are two young men, one of whom has his arm round Jill and is giving a thumbs up. Jill does not look impressed.
Black and white photo looking up at the stage. Jill Bryson is at the front left, smiling and playing a tambourine. Rose McDowall is at the front right, smiling and playing an acoustic guitar. In the centre further back is a drum kit on a riser played by Simon Dodds, in front of which stands Simon Emmerson playing guitar.
The Let's Go's - three young Japanese women - holding a black cloth. Superimposed on it are the band's European tour dates. 18 September Point Ephemere, Paris 19 September Alte Hackerel, Karlsrume 20 September Koln, E D P 21 September Eindhoven, The Jack 23 September Dunkerque, D N D Bar 24 September London, New Cross Inn 24 September Harrow, Trinity 26 September Birmingham, Night Owl 27 September Glasgow, Stereo 29 September Bruxelles, Chaff 1 October Rotterdam, V 11 2 October Utrecht, D B's 3 October Hamburg, Moin Its Hamburg Festival 4 October Munster, Rare Guitar
Rose McDowall on stage. It's daytime, she'd playing her Antigua finish Fender Coronado 2 guitar, wearing a black corset and tutu, smiling and turning towards Jill who is off camera.