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Jackie Lynton: When Jackie Threw In The Towel...

Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 4 April 1964

THE LABOURERS on the building site toiled. Cement was mixed. Bricks were carried. Planks were transported. And a portable radio blared out 'Housewife's Choice'. One labourer grinned when he heard announced: "For Mrs. So-and-So we play Jackie Lynton's 'Teddy Bear's Picnic'."

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