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The Weight Of The Past

“ old days.” If ever there was a phrase to provoke a collective rolling of eyes in the younger generation it’s this. Roundly speaking, I’m never convinced the good old days were that good. I only have to listen to my gran talking about the constant fear of polio, doing laundry by hand and having entire meals consisting of dripping on bread to be thankful that I’m alive now, and not then. Of

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