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Sweet 16: Shirley Collins

The year was 1951, and a folk legend could still remember the nazi fighter that shot at her
Nov 27, 2020
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Traditional folk legend Shirley Collins MBE (pictured left) turned 16 in 1951, in her home town of Hastings, East Sussex.

This episode of our members podcast might be the most joyous yet, featuring Shirley's stories of being shot at by a Nazi fighter, her young love for cinema and tennis, her left wing socialist mother and her sister Dolly, with whom she'd go on to perform with.

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