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07/01/2011

Matthew Bannister on trade union campaigner Jayaben Desai, Baker Street songwriter Gerry Rafferty, and Leader of the Women's League of Health and Beauty Prunella Stack.

On Last Word this week:

Jayaben Desai, the diminutive leader of the 'strikers in saris' during the controversial Grunwick dispute of the 1970s.

Gerry Rafferty, the singer-songwriter who partnered Billy Connolly, enjoyed success with Stealers' Wheel and made his fortune with 'Baker Street'.

Prunella Stack, glamorous leader of the Women's League of Health and Beauty.

Chief Anthony Enahoro - campaigner for Nigerian independence and democracy.

And why actor Pete Postlethwaite became an adoptive Shropshire lad.

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