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Going Away Party, June 8th, 1950
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Excellent post, has a really ‘human’ feel to it, some of the pictures look like they could have been taken yesterday!
This is the sort of thing that really takes one back to the past. Completely casual and spontaneous.
They didn’t want for beer, that’s for sure!