ATV Today: 06.08.1979: Elvis Presley Baby

Summary

Anne Diamond interview with Mrs Linda Blower from Nuneaton whose vicar has refused to christen her fifth child, Elvis Aaron Presley, in memory of the late singer.

Year:

1979

Duration:

0:01:47

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Shots of Elvis Presley posters in the Blower household. Anne Diamond talks to Mrs Blower who is holding baby Elvis Presley. She explains that on the death of the singer her husband decided that if they had another baby boy he should be named Elvis Aaron Presley. She also mentions the vicar refusing to christen the baby with this name.


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Notes

The vicar was named by the press at the time as Sidney Sneath of St Mary and St John at Nuneaton.