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A girl leans against cushions on a sofa while playing a zither which she holds on her lap. Etching by James Dobie, 1891, after William Thorne.

Teenage kicks : girls growing up in Britain 1956-1972 / [Penny Tinkler ; illustrations by Candice Purwin].

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A girl leans against cushions on a sofa while playing a zither which she holds on her lap. Etching by James Dobie, 1891, after William Thorne.

Teenage kicks : girls growing up in Britain 1956-1972 / [Penny Tinkler ; illustrations by Candice Purwin].