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- ↑ "Su Pollard is the new President of the British Music Hall Society", BMHS, 3 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023
- ↑ The Stage, 21 March 1963; 18 April 1963; 1 August 1963
- ↑ The Stage, 19 September 1963
- ↑ Daily Telegraph, The Stage 7 November 1963
- ↑ The Stage, 12 December 1963
- ↑ London Evening Standard, 8 January 1964