We're looking back on the 'Lager Lovelies' legacy paved by Venetia Stevenson 🍻
After the death of Venetia Stevenson, we’re looking back on the Lager Lovelies that began with the actress and model in the ‘50s.
One of the models used in the Housewives’ Choice campaign, Ann Johansen, ended up getting her own solo can - and was the first ever Tennent’s ‘Lager Lovely’. By the late ‘60s, a whole new cast of ladies were brought in, with Ann now in her thirties. Sign up to our Glasgow Live nostalgia newsletters for more local history and heritage content straight to your inbox
More Glasgow nostalgia stories Fiona Best, now 74, also spent time as a Tennent’s ‘Lovely’. Remembering Venetia’s legacy, she said: “She was a mother of the Lovelies, no doubt about it.
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