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Historical Consultant, the late Richard Strange, was a good friend of mine -and this magazine -for nigh on a quarter-century. He and I shared many laughs together in our regular phone chats and occasional meetings for fish and chips, when he lived in Bingham. We by no means always agreed and so these meetings were often lively, and always entertaining. I always learned knew things

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