'The 'Duncan' gave me currency'

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'The 'Duncan' gave me currency'

His children were no stranger to his political life, accompanying him on the hustings from their early years and seeing him revered by many. But the story of just how much of a legend former politician Dr Donald Keith (D K) Duncan was, is one his daughter Patricia Duncan Sutherland tells eloquently.

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