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unusual facts about Dame Vera Lynn



Isfield railway station

The second engine, a WD Austerity 2-10-0, came to Isfield shortly afterwards and, following a year-long restoration, was the object of a visit by Dame Vera Lynn on 6 August 1985 who gave the locomotive her name.

Maggie Ollerenshaw

Her one-woman show Yours Sincerely, a musical play about Dame Vera Lynn has played in the UK and abroad.

Smoky Dawson

He was widely touted as Australia's first singing cowboy complete with yodel, in the style of Gene Autry: Dawson had an extraordinary long and prolific career, releasing his first single in 1941 and his last album in 2005, aged 92, making him the worlds oldest recording artist (although now surpassed by the forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn).

WD Austerity 2-10-0

The other is WD No. (7)3672 which has been named Dame Vera Lynn.


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