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- ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
- 1 2 "Champions on Ice". British Movietone News / AP Archives. 20 May 1963.
- ↑ "Jacqueline HARBORD". the-sports.org.
- ↑ "History". Streatham Ice Skating Action Group. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013.