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Old 15th Jun 2013, 12:09
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Thumbs up Valentina Tereshkova

I had the honour to meet this lady 29 years ago.

First Lady of Space: Tereshkova?s flight TIMELINE ? RT News


June 16 in Russian history ? RT News
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I met her in Highgate around 1977 as we lived a few doors from the Russian embassy there. She was walking down to the shops with a couple of minders! I well remember her and what a historic flight.
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A very good program about her on Radio 4 last Saturday ironically it's just dropped off IPlayer after a week but may be available somewhere else on www

BBC Radio 4 - Maiden Voyage: The First Woman in Space
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