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Old 10-15-2004, 08:13 AM   #8
Trilby
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Originally Posted by Catwoman
Grew up in Devon.....


I don't understand. Am I missing something very simple? I hate it when I do that.
Catwoman--where abouts in Devon?? I am a hopeless Hughes/Plath junkie. They lived in North Tawton, near Exeter. I believe Hughes' widow, Carol, still lives at Court Green.

I think xoxoxoBruce is referring to how the American GI's of WWII woo'ed the English girls; chocolate and nylon stockings for their legs!
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