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Summary Muriel Dawson was entered into a Bonny Bairns Competition in 1933. The competition consisted of 40 contestants, all of whom appeared in a 35mm film shot at Leeds Town Hall. The film was then shown at the Paramount Cinema in Leeds which later became the Odeon. The audience was asked to vote for their favourite child, and Muriel was one of the prize ...
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Muriel Dawson was entered into a Bonny Bairns Competition in 1933. The competition consisted of 40 contestants, all of whom appeared in a 35mm film shot at Leeds Town Hall. The film was then shown at the Paramount Cinema in Leeds which later became the Odeon. The audience was asked to vote for their favourite child, and Muriel was one of the prize winners. The results were printed in the Yorkshire Evening News November 13, 1933. As the parent of a prize winner, Muriel's mother was given...
Muriel Dawson was entered into a Bonny Bairns Competition in 1933. The competition consisted of 40 contestants, all of whom appeared in a 35mm film shot at Leeds Town Hall. The film was then shown at the Paramount Cinema in Leeds which later became the Odeon. The audience was asked to vote for their favourite child, and Muriel was one of the prize winners. The results were printed in the Yorkshire Evening News November 13, 1933. As the parent of a prize winner, Muriel's mother was given a tea service made by J.H. Awmack of Leeds. This brief portion of the film features Muriel on stage at the Town Hall playing with a doll and posing for the camera.
