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96 relations: Albert Chevalier, Alfred Butt, Ancestry.com, Argyle Theatre, Ashton-under-Lyne, Asthma, BBC, BBC Four, Bert Haldane, Bigamy, Birth certificate, Blackburn, Blue plaque, Boy soprano, Bronchitis, By the Shortest of Heads, Canning Town, Catholic Church, Caul, Census in the United Kingdom, Charlie Chaplin, Cicely Courtneidge, Coins of the pound sterling, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Dan Leno, David Bret, Derby Scheme, Dictionary of National Biography, Eastern Daily Press, Empire, Leicester Square, Frank Skinner, Fred Karno, George Formby, George Graves (actor), George Orwell, George Robey, Guinea (coin), Guy's Hospital, Halifax, West Yorkshire, Harry Lauder, Hawley Harvey Crippen, Hulme Hippodrome, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Internet Archive, J. T. Grein, Jeffrey Richards, Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, Leeds, ..., Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Little Tich, London Pavilion, Loom, Lost film, Malnutrition, Manchester Evening News, Marie Lloyd, Mark Sheridan, Mary of Teck, Music hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Office for National Statistics, Oxford University Press, Oxygen tent, Pantomime, Pathé News, Phonograph cylinder, Pulmonary hemorrhage, Revue, Royal Command Performance, Sarah Bernhardt, Shilling, Southport, Spanish flu, The Courier (Dundee), The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Illustrated London News, The Observer, The Road to Wigan Pier, The Sunday Post, The Times, The Tramp, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Tivoli Theatre of Varieties, Tuberculosis, United Kingdom census, 1901, Variety (magazine), Victoria Palace Theatre, Walford Bodie, Warrington, Warrington Borough Council, Wigan, Wigan Pier, Zonophone. Expand index (46 more) »
Albert Chevalier
Albert Chevalier born Albert Onésime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier; (21 March 186110 July 1923), was an English music hall comedian, singer and musical theatre actor.
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Alfred Butt
Sir Alfred Butt, 1st Baronet (20 March 1878 – 8 December 1962) was a British theatre impresario, Conservative politician and racehorse owner and breeder.
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Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com LLC is a privately held online company based in Lehi, Utah.
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Argyle Theatre
The Argyle Theatre was a theatre in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England.
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Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England.
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Asthma
Asthma is a common long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite, and cable.
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Bert Haldane
Bert Haldane (1871–1937) was a British film director of the silent era.
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Bigamy
In cultures that practice marital monogamy, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another.
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Birth certificate
A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a child.
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Blackburn
Blackburn is a town in Lancashire, England.
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Blue plaque
A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.
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Boy soprano
A boy soprano is a young male singer with an unchanged voice in the soprano range.
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Bronchitis
Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi (large and medium-sized airways) in the lungs.
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By the Shortest of Heads
By the Shortest of Heads was a 1915 British film starring George Formby as a stableboy who outwits a gang of villains.
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Canning Town
Canning Town is a district in the West Ham area of the London Borough of Newham in East London, England.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Caul
A caul or cowl (Caput galeatum, literally, "helmeted head") is a piece of membrane that can cover a newborn's head and face.
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Census in the United Kingdom
Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 (during the Second World War) and Ireland in 1921.
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Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.
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Cicely Courtneidge
Dame Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge, (1 April 1893 – 26 April 1980) was an Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer.
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Coins of the pound sterling
The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom is denominated in pounds sterling (symbol "£"), and, since the introduction of the two-pound coin in 1994 (to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Bank of England 1694–1994), ranges in value from one penny to two pounds.
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Daily Express
The Daily Express is a daily national middle market tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom.
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Daily Mirror
The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper founded in 1903.
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Dan Leno
George Wild Galvin (20 December 1860 – 31 October 1904), better known by the stage name Dan Leno, was a leading English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor during the late Victorian era.
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David Bret
David Bret (born 8 November 1954) is a French-born British author of showbiz biographies.
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Derby Scheme
The Derby Scheme was introduced in Britain in the autumn 1915 by Herbert Kitchener's new Director General of Recruiting, Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (1865–1948), after which this was named.
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Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885.
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Eastern Daily Press
The Eastern Daily Press (EDP) is a regional newspaper covering Norfolk, and northern parts of Suffolk and eastern Cambridgeshire, and is published daily in Norwich, UK.
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Empire, Leicester Square
The Empire, Leicester Square is a cinema currently operated by Cineworld on the north side of Leicester Square, London.
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Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner (born Christopher Graham Collins; 28 January 1957) is an English writer, comedian, TV and radio presenter, and actor.
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Fred Karno
Frederick John Westcott (26 March 1866 – 18 September 1941), best known by his stage name Fred Karno, was an English theatre impresario of the British music hall.
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George Formby
George Formby, OBE (born George Hoy Booth; 26 May 1904 – 6 March 1961), was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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George Graves (actor)
George Windsor Graves (1 January 1876 – 2 April 1949) was an English comic actor.
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George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic whose work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
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George Robey
Sir George Edward Wade, CBE (20 September 1869 – 29 November 1954),Harding, James.
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Guinea (coin)
The guinea was a coin of approximately one quarter ounce of gold that was minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814.
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Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London.
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Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax is a minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England.
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Harry Lauder
Sir Henry Lauder (4 August 1870 – 26 February 1950)Russell, Dave.
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Hawley Harvey Crippen
Hawley Harvey Crippen (September 11, 1862 – November 23, 1910), usually known as Dr.
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Hulme Hippodrome
The Hulme Hippodrome, originally known as the Grand Junction Theatre and Floral Hall, opened in Preston Street, Hulme, Manchester, on 7 October 1901.
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Influenza A virus subtype H1N1
Influenza A (H1N1) virus is the subtype of influenza A virus that was the most common cause of human influenza (flu) in 2009, and is associated with the 1918 outbreak known as the Spanish Flu.
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Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.
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J. T. Grein
Jacob Thomas "Jack" Grein (generally referred to as J. T. Grein; 11 October 1862 – 22 June 1935) was a British impresario and drama critic of Dutch origin who helped establish the modern theatre in London.
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Jeffrey Richards
Jeffrey Richards (born c.1945) is a British historian.
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Knowsley Hall
Knowsley Hall is a stately home near Liverpool in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England.
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Lancashire
Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.
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Leeds
Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool.
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Little Tich
Harry Relph (21 July 1867 – 10 February 1928),Russell, Dave.
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London Pavilion
The London Pavilion is a building on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street on the north-east side of Piccadilly Circus in London.
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Loom
A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry.
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Lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that is no longer known to exist in any studio archives, private collections, or public archives, such as the U.S. Library of Congress.
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Malnutrition
Malnutrition is a condition that results from eating a diet in which one or more nutrients are either not enough or are too much such that the diet causes health problems.
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Manchester Evening News
The Manchester Evening News (MEN) is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England.
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Marie Lloyd
Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (12 February 1870 – 7 October 1922), professionally known as Marie Lloyd; was an English music hall singer, comedian and musical theatre actress.
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Mark Sheridan
Mark Sheridan (11 September 1864 – 15 January 1918), born Frederick Shaw, was an English music hall comedian and singer.
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Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India as the wife of King George V. Although technically a princess of Teck, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, she was born and raised in England.
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Music hall
Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era circa 1850 and lasting until 1960.
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, from the North Sea.
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Office for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.
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Oxygen tent
An oxygen tent consists of a canopy placed over the head and shoulders, or over the entire body of a patient to provide oxygen at a higher level than normal.
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Pantomime
Pantomime (informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment.
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Pathé News
Pathé News was a producer of newsreels and documentaries from 1910 until 1970 in the United Kingdom.
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Phonograph cylinder
Phonograph cylinders are the earliest commercial medium for recording and reproducing sound.
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Pulmonary hemorrhage
Pulmonary hemorrhage (or pulmonary haemorrhage) is an acute bleeding from the lung, from the upper respiratory tract and the trachea, and the alveoli.
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Revue
A revue (from French 'magazine' or 'overview') is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches.
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Royal Command Performance
A Royal Command Performance in the United Kingdom is any performance by actors or musicians that occurs at the direction or request of a reigning monarch.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt (22 or 23 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame Aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas, ''fils'', Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, Fédora and La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, and L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand.
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Shilling
The shilling is a unit of currency formerly used in Austria, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States, and other British Commonwealth countries.
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Southport
Southport is a large seaside town in Merseyside, England.
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Spanish flu
The Spanish flu (January 1918 – December 1920), also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus.
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The Courier (Dundee)
The Courier & Advertiser, more commonly known as simply The Courier, is a newspaper published by D. C. Thomson & Co. in Dundee, Scotland.
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The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Illustrated London News
The Illustrated London News appeared first on Saturday 14 May 1842, as the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine.
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The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.
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The Road to Wigan Pier
The Road to Wigan Pier is a book by the British writer George Orwell, first published in 1937.
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The Sunday Post
The Sunday Post is a weekly newspaper published in Dundee, Scotland, by DC Thomson, and characterised by a mix of news, human interest stories and short features.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.
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The Tramp
The Tramp (Charlot in several languages), also known as The Little Tramp, was British actor Charlie Chaplin's most memorable on-screen character and an icon in world cinema during the era of silent film.
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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.
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Tivoli Theatre of Varieties
The Tivoli Theatre of Varieties was a popular English theatre based in the Strand, West London.
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).
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United Kingdom census, 1901
The United Kingdom Census 1901 was the 11th nationwide census conducted in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and was done on 1 April 1901 "relating to the persons returned as living at midnight on Sunday, March 31st".
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Victoria Palace Theatre
The Victoria Palace Theatre is a West End theatre in Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster, opposite Victoria Station.
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Walford Bodie
Walford Bodie, whose real name was Samuel Murphy Bodie (1869–1939), was a Scottish showman, hypnotist, ventriloquist and stage magician, famous for his 'mock' electrocutions involving a replica of 'The Electric Chair'.
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Warrington
Warrington is a large town and unitary authority area in Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey, east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester.
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Warrington Borough Council
Warrington Borough Council is the local authority of Warrington.
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Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester.
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Wigan Pier
Wigan Pier is the name given today to the area around the canal at the bottom of the Wigan flight of locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
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Zonophone
Zonophone (early on also rendered as Zon-O-Phone) was a record label founded in 1899 in Camden, New Jersey, by Frank Seaman.
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