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- ↑ "Play comes out of the can". Manchester Evening News. 21 June 1958. p. 5.
- ↑ "One of Sheriff's best". Liverpool Daily Post (Merseyside ed.). 6 November 1957. p. 5.
- ↑ Munro, Janet (December 1959). "Confessions of a "used bride"". Modern Screen. p. 57.
- ↑ "Last night". Birmingham Evening Mail. 16 November 1957. p. 4.