In message ,
Graham Easterling writes


Actually John I too hate to see snow retreat like a defeated army. It must be something to do with our age group both being born 51/52. I do realise that at
that point Will will be eager to dismiss intensely any other similarities.

There seem to have been a lot of USWers born at that time, in my case
1951.
snip musical memories

1948 for me.
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