Echoes of the past

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There was something familiar about this old photograph . . .

SHORT STORY BY REBECCA

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The People's Friend Special Magazine

18 January, 2023

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THE buildings on either side of the street seemed to bend in upon Meg Talbot. Their upper windows were looming as she picked her way through the slime and detritus. She could hardly see the September

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Star of the show

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A new dawn

IN the rear of her stationary motor-taxi, a young milliner reached up a careful gloved hand to pat her black-felt cloche, snug on her smart, fair curls. Constance Smart had been sitting patiently for

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Echoes of the past

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18 January, 2023

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