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- ↑ History of the Ladies Ski Club Archived 2017-01-20 at the Wayback Machine , Ladies Ski Club, 1 May 2017
- ↑ Ed Rattray (1 November 2011). Scottish Skiing: The Golden Years 1950-1990. Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 109–. ISBN 978-1-78088-037-2.
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