30th July 2026.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐. The Lincolnshire Echo reported that The Solomons intended to keep Lena in America for the rest of the year. This was an attempt to circumvent child labour laws, which were much stricter in the UK.
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๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐. The Spalding Guardian mentioned that Lena would be at the Pier Theatre, Skegness on Sunday.
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Lincolnshire Standard:
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๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐. The Daily Mirror ( and the Daily Record) ran a half page article with photo about Lena. describing how she gets treated like Royalty these days, and comparing her to 26 year old princess Anne because of her hairstyle though she has no ambition to step into princess Anneโs riding boots.
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๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐. Jackie girls magazine had an article about Lena.
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๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐. The Evening Times listed Hi! Summer on itโs television page.
๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐. The Lena Zavaroni Show was on at the Floral Hall Theatre, Scarborough.
๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐. the Evening Times reported that neither of the Scottish Lenas would perform for Network Theatre Services unless they were paid in advance. Lena had been paid in advance for her part in Summer With The Stars at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on the 15th, 16th, and 17th July.
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๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐. The Worthing Herald reviewed Lena's show at The Pier Pavilion the previous Sunday, praising Lena but lambasting the support acts. They also mentioned how frail she looked.
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๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐. Following Lena's comeback in Blackpool, a reader's letter in the Daily Mirror said that her courage was an inspiration.
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๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐. The Lennox Herald, Kilmarnock Standard and many other newspapers mentioned that Lena would be on Sundayโs Summer Praise.
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๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐. - Deeside Piper.
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๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐. The Alnwick Mercury had Summer Praise as one of it's picks of the week.
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Thursday 30th July 2026.
Lena was remembered in The Daily Express.
Lena Zavaroni won Opportunity Knocks at just nine and became a beloved national treasure, but her life was cut tragically short at 35 after
The Daily Star also ran the "story".
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Lena Zavaroni was just nine when she won Opportunity Knocks and was soon travelling the world and meeting legen
The article seems to have been spread around the world by MicroSoftNetwork.
I appear to the only beneficiary of this publicity as views of "The Real Lena Zavaroni" have pentupled.
