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From: "Colleen" <>
Subject: Re: Ah, to be in...Epping Forest
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 21:14:01 -0000
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You had me in fits with this story, Pauline. I live near Epping forest and
shall never be able to see it in the same way again now.

I wonder if the News of The Wolrd has an archive/ist which might help with
which picture this might have been.

Colleen


Original message from Pauline:

> My mother, born in 1915, used to tell me that her parents had a huge
picture
> on the living room wall, and when the kids were naughty they were made to
> stand against the wall facing the picture. It was of Epping Forest. When
> Uncle Johnnie was naughty, he used to say: "Please don't send me to the
> Epping Forest again" - except that he slightly mispronounced Epping (I
leave
> the rest to your imagination!)
> Mum said that apparently the picture had been a special offer from a
Sunday
> newspaper, possibly the New of the World. Does anyone know anything about
> this, or where I might find out?
>
> Pauline
>
>

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