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Dorothy Squires remembered

A plaque has been unveiled in Llanelli at the former home of Dorothy Squires, who became one of Britain's most popular singers in the 1950s. She died in 1998. A play about her life is also being staged at Sherman Cymru in Cardiff.

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Dorothy Squires back in Llanelli in 1966

This archive video shows Dorothy Squires on a return trip to Llanelli in 1966.

She describes how she started out singing with a local band, and how she used to sneak out of the house to get changed in a telephone box - as her father didn't want her to go into showbusiness.

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