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Radio Tees,25 mins

Searching for Starlite

Gary Philipson

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The bizarre tale of Maurice Ward, the ladies hairdresser from Hartlepool who created a heat resistant material that baffled NASA, Boeing and the MOD. Produced by Adam Proctor and presented by Lee Johnson, BBC Tees.

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