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I've just found this strangely evocative piece on the Grauniad website, describing wartime Britain in April 1944. It sounds as if came from another world, which I suppose it did, and yet one that is clearly ours - that sounds odd, doesn't it. Go read the article, it's better written.

Spring in wartime

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Date: 2006-04-21 02:43 pm (UTC)
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Oh, that's quite lovely. Thanks for sharing it!

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Date: 2006-04-21 10:23 pm (UTC)
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*grins* It's one of my favourites, too.

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