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BAGGING THE BIG ONE

Winning letter

I have just read your article about Selwyn Toogood in a December Weekly issue. In October 1973, his It’s in the Bag show was held at the Ngaio Marsh Theatre in Christchurch. I was the lucky winner of the very first coloured television, a K9 model, given away on the show. Heather Eggleton was his co-host that night.

At the time, we had no recording apparatus, so

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