![]() ![]() The house was crowded with dark furniture and programs from Middleton’s childhood performances with the dates erased. Middleton played the piano, swivelling on her stool, while six girls at a time practiced port de bras using the bookcases for balance. 69 and called her students the Merrie Carltons. Middleton, who had small hands, buck teeth, and a pronounced New England accent, opened a school for dance and music in the front room of No. She was a talented dancer as a child and had friends who went to Hollywood, but, during the Depression, Middleton’s parents, who were English, lost everything and moved back to London. The house, which faced one of the main roads leading out of the city, had a small plaque to the left of the front door: “Miss Lorna Middleton, Teacher of Pianoforte and Ballet.” Middleton was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, in 1914. ![]() ![]() For many years, Kathleen Lorna Middleton lived at 69 Carlton Terrace, in the North London suburb of Edmonton. ![]()
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