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"My dreams of taking the West End by storm as a dancer flickered but then faded; my father's ambition..." — Betty Boothroyd

My dreams of taking the West End by storm as a dancer flickered but then faded; my father's ambition to see me in a steady office job was tried and abandoned. But I had won a national speaking award, had stood for election to the local council, had begun to travel and took a job working for the Labour Party.
Betty Boothroyd
Betty Boothroyd Politician • British
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