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Thread #13234 Message #108586
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
25-Aug-99 - 11:34 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I'm Ninety-Four This Mornin' (Will Fyffe)
Subject: RE: Help: Very Old Scottish Singer/Comedian
Ewan MacColl's mother Betsy was born in Auchterarder (according to his autobiography); he himself was born James Miller in Salford in 1915. (Chambers Biographical Dictionary, confirmed in the autobiog. if you read it carefully!)