Beryl Burton, postumous award.

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thirdcrank
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Beryl Burton, postumous award.

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Beryl Burton is being given the Freedom of the City of Leeds, posthumously.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-29144327
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Tonyf33
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Re: Beryl Burton, postumous award.

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Hugely deserved, she was a 'Marianne Voss' and some 50 years beforehand..nowadays she'd be a superstar whether she would have liked it or not :)
Check out this.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJLSG2jKIhs
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pete75
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Re: Beryl Burton, postumous award.

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Tonyf33 wrote:Hugely deserved, she was a 'Marianne Voss' and some 50 years beforehand..nowadays she'd be a superstar whether she would have liked it or not :)
Check out this.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJLSG2jKIhs


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