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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Harry Champion
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(stage name of William Crump, 1866–1942) Cockney star of the *music hall, whose paunchy and battered appearance was belied by an act of whirlwind energy in which he reeled off a repertoire of favourite songs, accompanying them with a frantic jigging dance. They included Boiled beef and carrots, (Any old iron and I'm Henery the Eighth I am.
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