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- ↑ Blessed, Brian (2015). Absolute Pandemonium: My Louder Than Life Story. Sidgwick & Jackson. p. 346.
- ↑ "The Clitheroe Kid". 1 January 1962. p. 25 – via BBC Genome.
- ↑ "Here's Harry: The Voice". 8 June 1961. p. 49 – via BBC Genome.
- ↑ "'Z-Cars' Actor Dies before Rehearsal". The Daily Telegraph. 16 November 1962.
