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28.8.31
The next day in the afternoon four of us started out for the hop-fields. The most interesting of the men with me was a youth named Ginger, who is still my mate when I write this. He is a strong, … Continue reading
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Tagged Borstal, bread, Bromley, drums, Ginger, hop-fields, hop-picking, hops, Little Grey Home in the West, Liverpool Jew, louse, margarine, prison, tea, Trafalgar Square, Woolworth's, Young Ginger
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