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Too good to be forgotten; Christopher Morley looks at the story behind a rediscovered work by Elgar which has its first performance for more than a century at the Three Choirs Festival tomorrow night.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20050810
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Byline: Christopher Morley

When Sue Savage's uncle owned a bespoke tailor's shop in Lode Street, Bewdley, she was never allowed into the back of the premises because she would have had to go past all those men having their inside leg measurements taken.

But on her uncle's retirement at the end of the 1960s, the premises were taken over by an antiques and bric-a-brac enterprise, and at last Sue was able to browse around the shop - and its fascinating stock - at will.

'For the first time I was able to climb the stairs at the back of the shop, and to explore the first ...

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