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Irene Thomas: I had a...

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I had a friend with a BYRon (297) telephone number; it's the old London exchanges, killed by the Postmaster General.

Source: One of Thomas' favourite questions from the Round Britain Quiz was Who killed Keats, Byron, Dryden, Elgar and 254 others?
-- Irene Thomas, (Jun 28 1920-2001), English broadcaster, writer; Her warm voice and lightly worn erudition established her as one of the BBC's most popular contributors on a variety of programmes and quiz shows.


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