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Gold Badge Awards 1979: Recipients

See our 1979 Gold Badge recipients here. Content originally published by BASCA.

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See our 1979 Gold Badge recipients here. Content originally published by BASCA.

Originally published by BASCA, October 7th 1979

The full list of 1979 Gold Badge recipients is as follows:

  • Richard Baker
  • Ivy Benson
  • Atarah Ben-Tovim
  • George Chisholm
  • Johnny Gordon
  • Roger Greenaway
  • George Neighbour
  • Robin Richmond
  • Audrey Samson
  • Donald Swann
  • Leonard Temple
  • Edward White
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