Alfie Page 24

  Preston Opera joined by, ref 1

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  rents room in Barnes, ref 1, ref 2

  represents UK in Lyric Tenor of the World, ref 1

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  Sarah marries, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

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  Sarah supportive of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Sarah’s first kiss with, ref 1

  Sarah’s 26th birthday and, ref 1

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  schooling of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

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  Boe, Alfred Robert (‘Alfie’) (son):

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  birth of, ref 1, ref 2

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  Boe, Anne (‘Annie’) (sister and godmother), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  dad’s death and, ref 1

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  Boe, Chris (paternal grandfather), ref 1

  Boe (née Jones), Evelyn (‘Nana Boe’) (paternal grandmother), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Boe, Fran (sister), and dad’s ill heath, ref 1, ref 2

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  Alfie takes to Pampano, ref 1

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