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From Rill To The West End
- Ruth Ellis rose from a seaside Welsh childhood to the West End club scene and worked as a hostess and model.
- She kept her son Andre while navigating relationships with wealthier men and a tumultuous nightlife career.
Nightclubs Blurred Class Boundaries
- 1940s–50s London clubs blurred class lines and mixed aristocrats with criminals.
- That scene normalised vice and connected nightlife to organised crime networks.
Toxic Triangle: Blakely, Cusson, Ruth
- Ruth entered a violent, volatile affair with David Blakely while also keeping Desmond Cusson as a safety net.
- Photographs show bruising and the relationship combined glamour with repeated abuse.