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    Winifred ..... a Dickensian Tragedy

    Yes, is that a sort of census?
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    Winifred ..... a Dickensian Tragedy

    Yes, I am not sure how I'm registered twice but happy to stick to this one. I mentioned the only thread I know, Roses in December, above. I'd obviously be delighted if there is more. Arthur P is actually Charles Arthur Patrick Crowe, my father, born in 1929.
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    Top rank suite night club

    Oh yes, some of my happiest memories. Used to go on Tuesdays and remeber that 'Feel the Need in Me' was often the last dance. But finest memory was of seeing the Ramones at thei height of punk in one of the loudest, sweatiest concerts I went to.
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    Winifred ..... a Dickensian Tragedy

    Just to add that there is a thread called 'Roses in December' which mentions Winifred
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    Winifred ..... a Dickensian Tragedy

    Here's a true story, a tragedy with echoes of Dickens and Hardy. Winifred was born in January 1895. In September 1921 she married Charles Henry. Charles had joined the Royal Marines in 1914 as a 17-year-old and had served on the HMS Abercrombie in the Dardanelles. He must have seen some...
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