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Gemma Lees

Gemma Lees

Performance poet, fine art installationist, and journalist from Bury, Lancashire; Romany Gypsy disabled and autistic artist whose work focuses on protest, advocacy, and telling stories of marginalized communities.

Jul 20, 2026

5:18
Yeah.
5:20
And he used to tell me stories about how they couldn't afford the brothel creepers, so they used to cut... cardboard and stick it so their shoes were higher.
5:30
Are they, like, huge shoes? Yeah, those are, like, the rockabilly, really high...
5:36
Right, okay.
5:37
Yeah, like crepe soles, I think they're called.
5:38
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
5:40
But they just used to stick it on the bottom of their normal shoes.

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14:14
Yes.

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