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Inge Hardhope's avatar

I love those Derbyshire words, Martin!

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Susanne's avatar

Brilliant! Very enjoyable!

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prue batten's avatar

Great post, Martin.

You and I are of an age. I too sat at that type of desk, here in Australia. And learned Copperplate with such a pen and ink. I was an ink monitor and used to have to fill the little ink wells at each desk.

Thankfully the position of ink monitor changed every month!

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Sue du Feu's avatar

Very enjoyable me duck!

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