The Lion in Love Kit and Jesse idea

After creating a print of the market scene, I wanted one of the houses, especially after looking at Shirley Baker's work I found this image of some old houses in Salford and was inspired by the scene of Kit and Jesse on their way home from the pub. The image of the women I found of two older women dancing together and I thought it was hilarious and had to include it and the image of the man was taken from a stock image on google about alcoholics.

Within the first scene Kit is said to of been charged with being drunk and disorderly. 

'It's all here in the evening paper. Market Trader's Wife Bound Over. This morning Mrs. Kathleen Fresko, unemployed, of 25 Lichfield Street, The Market Place, appeared before a special court charged with being drunk and disorderly and with resisting arrest.  The Court was told of her twenty-seven previous convictions mainly for being drunk and disorderly, insulting behaviour, assault and once attempting suicide. The magistrate fined her two pounds (£40) for being drunk and disorderly and on the other charge bound her over for two years to keep the peace. On leaving the court Mrs. Fresko thanked the magistrate and said: 'I was brought here in a taxi. Can I have a taxi home?'

As this is our first introduction to Kit I think it clarifies the struggles working-class women have and although Kit is demonised by her family, I feel very sympathetic towards her and feel that she is just trying to make the best out of a bad life, by drinking and dancing in the street, which if she were rich wouldn't be a problem. 

The specific quote this scene is based on is in scene two
'She prowls the street, knowing that the neighbour's eyes are on her and performing especially for them in defiance and contempt.' 
I think it is a very vivid scene most people know of when your neighbours or someone up the street comes home drunk, and you peek out the window in disappointment at them for waking everyone up but it's something that I think is a nice aspect to working-class life and community and I think it's important that in my work everyone recognises the scene as if it's happened on their street.