Just shy of her 89th birthday, Peggy Seeger caught up with The Sun - check out the full article here
"“The first time I saw Ewan, I thought he was the funniest thing I’d ever seen,” admits Peggy.
“Red beard, black hair, big ears, smoking.
“And he was very, very amorous . . . shall we put it like that!”
The rest, as they say, is history, with the two folk singers from different sides of the Atlantic becoming an item, having children, eventually marrying in 1977 and staying together until his death in 1989. It’s important to note that after MacColl began his affair with Peggy, his second wife, Jean Newlove, gave birth to their daughter, Fairytale Of New York singer Kirsty, in 1959. Peggy says Ewan was the first love of her life and “my work soulmate”. The second is her current partner, traditional singer Irene Pyper-Scott.“I had known Irene for a long time but the first time I REALLY saw her was like a lightning bolt,” says Peggy."... Read More
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