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Brown plaque № 11454

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Charles Penrose. Charles Penrose Dunbar Cawse (1874-1952) was born here. He had a long career in film, theatre and radio. The first gramophone record was in1911, the most famous of which was the "Laughing Policeman" made by Charles Penrose in 1926.

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