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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Lilian Heap is a sprightly, active and resourceful 89-year-old, who lives in Rochdale. When she was a little girl she had to have her leg amputated. She came from a big family, money was short, and there was no NHS, so an artificial leg counted as unaffordable luxury.
David Stafford chats with Lilian about those early years - and about a chance meeting with a somewhat underfed and dishevelled rent collector who turned out to be not all he seemed...
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