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George VI Sadness

A Memory of Beddington.

I remember these shops so well from my childhood. The first on the left was a newsagent the next a baker at the other end of the Broadway was the post office. My brothers,my sister and I passed them every school day on our way to Highview School up Plough Lane. I especially recall that in 1952 most of the shops had stuck stamps of King George on their windows; some they had edged with black ink as a mark of respect at his passing. This was particularly memorable to me as I'd just started collecting stamps myself and had managed to buy from 1/2d to 6d stamp before he died and the present Queens stamps were issued. So many memories of friends and family sparked by these Beddington views.


Added 15 September 2021

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