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- ↑ Byron Rogers, Me: The Authorised Biography, Aurum, London, 2009, p. 29.
- ↑ Byron Rogers, An Audience with an Elephant, Aurum, London, 2001, pp. 66-81.
- ↑ "The Dynevors". Llandeilo History. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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