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Readers' favourite photographs, songs and recipesSnapshot: My parents meeting Joan CrawfordWhen I was young I never understood why my parents seemed so pleased about this photograph – known in the family as "the one with Joan Crawford". They told me she was a famous movie star, but I had not seen her movies and, from the photograph, I thought her less beautiful and glamorous than my mother, so I wasn't much impressed.Now, many years later, I look at this picture and I am filled with admiratio...

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