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Old 22-01-2010, 00:20   #6
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Re: Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, radical & writer

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Originally Posted by steeljack View Post
Even from my isolation many thousand miles away I do try to bring enlightenment to the starving huddled masses
Shut up, and send me a food parcel.

I haven't seen a banana for going on eleven years.

Not wishing to take this woman away from Great Harwood's collective bosom, most evidence does suggest she was born in Oswaldtwistle, and her Wikipedia entry is incorrect.

There was an article in the Lancashire Telegraph about 'Red' Ethel.

‘Red’ Ethel had a way with words
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