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Banks was based on a studio photograph of the Tilley Sisters (S.146:619-2007).<i> </i>At some stage a reference has been made in connection with the photograph to the sisters being called Handel and Vesta, but no substantiation has been found for those names. This music sheet dates from 1893 when the Tilley Sisters were performing<i> Dinkey Arno</i> with some success at the London Pavilion and on tour, when an advertisement in <i>The South Wales Echo</i>, 6th July 1893, for their performance at the Newport Empire that week noted that: ' their strangely named duet threatens to outdo the memorable <i>Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom</i>'. Other references to the sister act show them at Edinburgh's Empire Palace Theatre in 1893, and at the Paragon Theatre of Varieties in London's Mile End Road when a reviewer noted that: 'The Sisters Tilley created something of a sensation with their vigorous dancing and high kicking in skirts' but that the audiences were calmed by 'musical selections on the bells and a cornet solo.' The great music hall impersonator Vesta Tilley (1864-1952) was at the height of her fame in 1893 and was certainly not appearing in a high-kicking double act, so it appears that the name of this act was either a coincidence or an attempt to cash in on Vesta Tilley's popularity.\n\nThe Tilley Sisters may have been a one-hit wonder, but they were certainly versatile, singing<i> Dinkey Arno</i>, a song set to the tune of <i>The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo</i>, as well as performing their lively high-kicking dance and playing musical instruments.\n\r\n\n\n\n\n","physicalDescription":"Cover of the sheet music for <i>Dinkey Arno</i>, title at the top of the page. Main image in centre of sheet depicts the Tilley Sisters both kicking their left legs in front of them, and their right arms raised above their heads, holding their hats. They both wear beige coats over blue skirts and white shirts. 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