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Radio 4,04 Mar 2011,30 mins

Suze Rotolo, Susan Crosland, Jane Russell and Major Peter Parkes

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Matthew Bannister on: The artist Suze Rotolo - who inspired some of Bob Dylan's best known songs and appeared on the cover of his album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan". Susan Crosland the glamorous journalist and wife of the Labour Cabinet minister Tony Crosland. Hollywood actress Jane Russell - best known for a bra she never wore. Dr Christian J Lambertsen who coined the term "Scuba" when he invented his self contained underwater breathing apparatus. And the distinguished brass band conductor Major Peter Parkes who led the Black Dyke Mills band to international success.

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