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Old 12-02-2009, 23:44   #6
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Re: Which songs bring back memories.

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Originally Posted by Caz View Post
Bloomin heck, Kathleen ferrier, remember having a lesson about her at school and how she came from a poor family, and how her mother patched up her school uniform...don't know why that bit sticks in my mind lol!

She was a Lancashire lass wasn't she?
...as Cashy said yes she was. She worked at the G.P.O. in Blackburn, before beginning a short but glittering and critically acclaimed singing career, and was arguably the finest contralto voice ever to have been recorded.
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