Radio play

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Having read several of Mr McCalls books about the no1 ladies detective agency I was delighted to hear a Monday morning announcement on BBC Radio 4 that they would be broadcasting a play based on the books featuring the heroin "Precious Ramotzwe" on the following Friday afternoon. I earned my living as a school photographer and after a busy week having forgotten all about the afternoon play I found myself in a girls senior school taking portraits of the young ladies and as they lined up I saw one young black girl amongst all of her white classmates and when her turn came she sat before me and as was my way I looked around the camera and said "Hello what's your name?" to which she replied...."Precious"! My gob was accordingly smacked, sadly the Precious in front of me knew nothing of her namesake Ma Ramotzwe.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:25:49 +0000Coincidence ID:5216