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- ↑ Northampton Mercury– Friday 9 March 1951, p. 5, Accessed via The British Newspaper Archive (subscription required). Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Jones2, Henry Arthur (2008). Stage by Stage: 75 Years of Theatre in Market Harborough. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84876-073-8.
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