Slik: We're Like A Scapegoat For The Rollers
Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 10 July 1976
TEARS TRICKLE down her 12-year-old cheeks. She's speechless, overcome by the emotion of the moment. She has, after a stubborn battle, won the right to meet those she idolises and as she is introduced, she looks stunned by the fact that she is here, in Their dressing room.
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