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'Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.'

'I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.'

'Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold'

'Bournemouth is one of the few English towns that one can safely call 'her''

Born in Camden, London
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I am not a heavy drinker. I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop. - Noel Coward
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The Amboyna Massacre - 1623, The Hexham Riot - 1761, The Wealth of Nations Published - 1776, Burnden Park Disaster - 1946, Vote to retain Union in Northern Ireland - 1973, M5 rapist given 12 life sentences - 1981
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