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Mary Wilson - a Motown legend and a style icon
When The Supremes broke up in 1977, Mary Wilson faced a dilemma.
For nearly 20 years, she d taken second place to a lead singer - first Diana Ross, then, in the 1970s, Jean Terrell.
Launching a solo career meant that, for the first time, she would be the centre of attention. I was used to singing oohs and babys , she said. Now there are words. I had to learn all over again.
But Wilson, who has died at the age of 76, was always more than a backing singer. She was the lynchpin of The Supremes, keeping the group intact and on the road after Ross s departure.
THE year was 1963 and it was a normal day in Hay on Wye. Of course the entire country had only one thing on their mind – the robbery of the Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London that August. It had since been dubbed the Great Train Robbery with police across the country on the hunt for the men who stole £2.6m. It is believed 18 men had taken part in the greatest heist of all time, making off with £55m in today s money. Pictures of suspected gangsters had since circulated across the country - including to the village of Hay on Wye.
ON SUNDAY October 21 , 1979, the Bradford skyline changed dramatically. The 300ft-high chimney at Bradford Power Station in Valley Road came crashing to the floor within seconds, disappearing in great clouds of dust. Watched by crowds of people, the controlled demolition of the colossal chimney left the skyline looking strangely empty. The T&A - then a broadsheet - reported the event in Monday morning’s paper, telling readers that just before ten o’clock the chimney ‘stood out brightly in the sunlight - four seconds later it had gone and a pall of dust rose slowly from where it had been laid to rest.’