Dorothy Slater - 'Accrington's Armless Girl'

trayjo · 28-02-2008, 22:26

A couple of years ago I bought an old postcard from Ebay. It is a photo of a young girl called Dorothy Slater and has written at the side 'Accrington's Armless Girl'. She has signed it on the back. The photo shows her using her feet as hands.
Does anyone out there know anything about Dorothy Slater?

Lilly · 28-02-2008, 22:29

There was a woman from Accrington called Agnes Wildman whose father cut her hands off when she was a little girl. She was known locally as the lady with no hands. I don't know of any others though, sorry.

flashy · 28-02-2008, 22:34

i only know about Agnes too, never heard of the other lady

AccyLass · 28-02-2008, 22:34

Limbless: Legless, Armless, Human Torsos, etc.
This is the only thing I can see, not much info on it tho
They called her "The Accrington Armless Wonder Girl" according to this

There might be a way to contact the webmaster of this page and ask if they have any more info
Good Luck

slinky · 28-02-2008, 22:49

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Originally Posted by AccyLass27

Limbless: Legless, Armless, Human Torsos, etc.
This is the only thing I can see, not much info on it tho
They called her "The Accrington Armless Wonder Girl" according to this

There might be a way to contact the webmaster of this page and ask if they have any more info
Good Luck

Theres a lot of LEGLESS girls in Accy........ hope I'm not on that web site

AccyLass · 28-02-2008, 22:55

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Originally Posted by slinky

Theres a lot of LEGLESS girls in Accy........ hope I'm not on that web site

I wouldn't worry about it... there aint much of anything on that website

Keep trying tho!

jaysay · 29-02-2008, 10:39

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Originally Posted by slinky

Theres a lot of LEGLESS girls in Accy........ hope I'm not on that web site

Don't know about girls but you can rest asasured there are pleny of legless blokes, and some of them ARE no this web site, me for one sometimes

Wynonie Harris · 29-02-2008, 10:45

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there are pleny of legless blokes, and some of them ARE no this web site, me for one sometimes

Me too, but the worrying thing is when you look at it the day afterwards and see what you've written!

Doug · 29-02-2008, 11:36

I’ve a book somewhere with a Photo of Dorothy Slater using her feet to sign cards; apparently she made a good living from her ingenuity and was quite famous locally. The photo in the book is from the 30s or 40s and shows her in her teens (I think) it’s a look time since I read it. What I will do is pop home later and dig it out. I’ll scan it and put it up on here for you.

Doug · 29-02-2008, 11:37

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Originally Posted by slinky

Theres a lot of LEGLESS girls in Accy........ hope I'm not on that web site

And to think that I had you for a Lady.....gutted.

slinky · 29-02-2008, 12:34

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Originally Posted by Doug

And to think that I had you for a Lady.....gutted.

Ever watched Ladette to lady??

I'm going opposite, Lady to Ladette lol

Doug · 29-02-2008, 12:50

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Ever watched Ladette to lady??

I'm going opposite, Lady to Ladette lol

You can say that again.....don't turn out like the short stout butch one will you......

Who won bt the way, I missed the last one.

Doug · 29-02-2008, 12:51

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Originally Posted by Doug

I’ve a book somewhere with a Photo of Dorothy Slater using her feet to sign cards; apparently she made a good living from her ingenuity and was quite famous locally. The photo in the book is from the 30s or 40s and shows her in her teens (I think) it’s a look time since I read it. What I will do is pop home later and dig it out. I’ll scan it and put it up on here for you.

OK, I can’t do a scan because the books copyrighted, the Book is called; Accrington’s changing Face, By Frank Watson and Bob Dobson. It’s A4 Landscape in size and is wearing a bright Red Cover.

The piece about Dorothy Slater is on page 62 and is made up of the said postcard and an example of her writing, (her foot writing is better than my hand writing) which says “Best wishes and good luck from Dorothy” this is written in Pencil. Hang on, the message is give has been written by some else and then signed by Dorothy.

The facts about Dorothy’s life are given as been born in the mid 1920s and lived in Pendle Street; in the 1930s her family raised money for Dorothy by making and selling cards.

Dorothy was born without arms and was the last of five children; her mother was quite old when she had her. It is known that she could pick up pennies and hold a cup of tea with her toes. At sometime she had worked on a fairground and died in the 1960s.

The photo shows Dorothy has having small very stunted (not more that 6”) forearms with hands.

slinky · 29-02-2008, 12:54

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Originally Posted by Doug

You can say that again.....don't turn out like the short stout butch one will you......

Who won bt the way, I missed the last one.

Nicola, the one that lost the 2 brothers. Glad she won it.

Wasn't keen on the other 2. BUT, I did want the little welsh one to win.... she was funny.

Doug · 29-02-2008, 12:58

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Nicola, the one that lost the 2 brothers. Glad she won it.

Wasn't keen on the other 2. BUT, I did want the little welsh one to win.... she was funny.

I wanted the little taff to win as well. but she went native in the last but one week and buggered it up. But I agree with Nicola winning it. Ta.