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Spandau Ballet

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First performed at the Blitz Club on 5 December 1979.Wikipedia informs: "'Spandau Ballet' was slang used by Allied troops in the trenches in the First World War referring to the twitching of the corpses hanging on the barbed wire and repeatedly hit by Spandau machine gun fire from the German lines." Nice.

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Sir Charles Stanford

Sir Charles Stanford

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Hoxton Hall

Hoxton Hall

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Richard William Robertson

Richard William Robertson

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Marti Caine

Marti Caine

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Sir Harry Lauder

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Edward Burrough

Edward Burrough

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Hiliary Wines

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Lord Donald Soper

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W. Drummond

W. Drummond

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LSHTM - Parkes

LSHTM - Parkes

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