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- ↑ A choice collection of all the songs, sung this season, at Vauxhall Ranelagh, Marybone-Gardens, Sadlers-Wells, &c. By Mr. Beard, Mr. Lowe, Miss Brent, Miss Catley, Miss Plenius, Miss Young, Miss Poitier, &c. &c. London : printed in Stonecutter Street, Fleet-market, [1765?] pp.125-6
- 1 2 "Victoria Wood recalls a historic day for Manchester music". The Guardian . 30 June 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ "Annotation to a photograph held by Greater Manchester County Record Office" . Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ Lydia Warren (17 January 2011). "Remembering Manchester Children's Choir". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 19 July 2011.
