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Memories or the chronicles of Birkenhead - Hilda Gamlin

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Brilliant read, thanks Derek.


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Same here Thanks Derek.

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Cheers Derek. Pity can't download it. Brilliant read.


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Cheers Derek. Pity can't download it. Brilliant read.


You change the view to text where you can highlight the text a page at a time and copy and paste into Word (or Notepad) and then click on pics and copy and paste into Word between the pages

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Thanks Derek, well worth reading

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Easy download and a fantastic read. Well done Derek, how about some more.


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