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  1. It tells a story of a young girl who is taken in by a rag women, Aggie and her crippled helper Ben. It a fantastic story taken from one the the books of Catherine Cookson and contains love, passion and the right amount of danger.

  2. Rag Nymph: With Val McLane, Alec Newman, Christine Anderson, Tracey Wilkinson. In 1854 Newcastle, 10-year-old Millie's mother dies in a brothel, leaving her to be taken in by 'Raggie Aggie'. On the streets, spirited Millie faces the city's corrupting influences again.

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    • 1997-10-03
    • Drama, History
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  3. The Rag Nymph opens with Aggie, a rag-woman who lives in a Dickensian squalorhole. When adorable moppet Millie is dumped on her lap completely by accident by Millie’s prostitute mother (she gets busted by the cops seconds later), Aggie takes Millie home, grumbling the whole time the way people have when you know they are just going to love ...

  4. Jan 1, 1991 · Catherine Cookson. 4.13. 1,484 ratings70 reviews. Orphaned at a tender age, Millie Forester is adopted by "Raggie Aggie" Winkowski, and she suffers misfortune and misplaced love as she grows to adulthood side by side with Aggie's son, Ben, whose love for Millie increases over the years.

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  5. Dec 1, 1993 · THE RAG NYMPH. by Catherine Cookson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 1, 1993. Another fairy tale for grown-ups fond of Victorian waif-to- well-being tales featuring the deserving poor and plain, the beautiful, rich, and wicked, and other lurking ogres.

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  6. Separated from her prostitute mother as the woman flees on foot down the filthy mid-19th Century streets of Newcastle from the police, ten year old Millie is taken under the wing of rag lady Aggie Winkovski and her crippled helper, Ben.

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  8. When Annie Winkowski, a rag and bone lady in the slums of Newcastle, meets ten year old Millie Forester, the daughter of a prostitute, her well ordered existence takes a severe jolt. When a stranger turns up on her doorstep claiming to be Millie's father, Aggie's suspicions are aroused.