Someone borrowed

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Bea couldn’t wait to marry her sweetheart – but there was one man in theway...

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The People's Friend Special Magazine

12 April, 2023

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IT was two days until Christmas and the afternoon sky was blue and crisp as Lydia’s car pulled up in front of the magnificent Bristol Hotel. Why was it called the Bristol? she wondered. It was nowhere

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