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- ↑ "Councillor Roger Blackmore". Leicester City Council.
- ↑ "Valete et Salvete" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
- ↑ "Blackmore calls a halt to 53-year career in politics" Leicester Mercury 29 March 2011
