r_venue = Victoria Theatre
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r_t1a = Barry Cryer
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r_t1b = Graeme Garden
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r_t2a = Tim Brooke-Taylor
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r_t2b = Rob Brydon
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r_or = The need for new housing in Halifax during the Industrial Revolution prompted the formation of building societies. The first was suggested in 1853 by Samuel Hansen, a local businessman, who became so disillusioned with depositing his money with traditional banks it began to affect his marriage. As his wife relates in her diaries, Hansen would put it in, lose interest, and take it out again.
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r_cr = And so, ladies and gentlemen, that's the end of the show and indeed this series, but I'll run through all the high points of the last six weeks in a moment. Actually, it won't take nearly as long as that.
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