Exhumations From William Cross, FSA Scot: Phoebe and Mags Worthington of "The Mews" Belgravia :Last Tails: "A Love That Dare Not Speak its Name"

LAST TAILS FROM PHOEBE AND MAGS WORTHINGTON OF "THE MEWS" BELGRAVIA
TIME SETTING : LONDON 1948

“A Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name”

Romeo and Ronaldo : Love Hurts

On the London katwalks East End and West End rarely tolerated interplay across one another’s turfs. Romances between the East and West End families were frowned upon; in fact it was downright forbidden under Dr Dolittle's law.

For Romeo who hailed from London E3 and Ronaldo of London SW1 their enduring romance was especially damned.

It was a ‘love that dare not speak it’s name’, first kindled by a chance encounter in a bomb shelter in the blackout a few years before. It was doomed as it was against nature, illegal under all laws, codes, and healthy living, and for three long years their dangerous liaisons had to be kept a close secret.

But the two lovers had a plan…. they had conjured up a way of ensuring they could live in peace happy ever after and finally escape from the shadows.

However, a gang of ruffians from Limehouse had heard of the odd couple that wanted to challenge the natural order of things, and followed their trail to a rooftop in Belgravia, near “The Mews” where Mags Worthington was roused from her slumbers…….. What followed, one wonders?

THE RESOLUTION

Mags Worthington challenged the Limehouse ruffians.

Whilst the chaos and commotion on the roof was taking place Ivor, a Russian sailor and fishmonger from Billingate Fish Market was making a delivery to "The Mews" kitchen to Olga (The Cook at "The Mews") and Nastasha ( the Ukranian kitchen maid).

Natasha threw a pail of dirty water at the ruffians, and succeded in disorientating them.

Ivor’s familiar, Maschwitz, (pictured below), went immediately to support Mags and together they cleared the way for Romeo and Ronaldo to effect their escape.

Maschwitz

Some said the lovers caught a midnight train to another city, others said they were seen boarding a sailing boat to France, (or was it the Baltic), some said they went to North Africa, where Dr Dolittle’s law was much less draconian.

Others mused that the truth was quite romantic, that they stowed away on board the ‘Orient Express’ from London Victoria Railway Station en route to Venice. Italy.

Some said they became Gondoliers on the Grand Canal.