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The Melon Seed Girl by BETTY BURTON
Read by Shirley Cooklln
' For the first 20 years of my life I had that sort of British working-class upbringing where one learns almost instinctively that it is degrading to offer or accept a tip or a handout, but with the little melon-seed girl it was different.'
Producer FRANCES DONNELLY

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Unknown:
Betty Burton
Read By:
Shirley Cooklln
Producer:
Frances Donnelly
Source: Radio Times

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