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CHRISTMAS CLEANING
Most housewives like to have a special time of house cleaning and renovating prior to the Christmas season, and it gives one a feeling of quiet contentment to know that walls, if they have not been washed, have, at any rate been well brushed, cupboards have been done out and bait laid for destructive moths and silver fish, pictures have been polished, and fresh curtains adorn gleaming windows.
After your actual cleaning has been attended to, the paint or varnish pot is the next item to claim attention.
The Charleville Times, 1932
“Rowly! Bloody hell—what did those bastards do to you?” Milton was lying on the lower bunk when Rowland was pushed back into the cell. He got up to make way for his friend and helped him onto the cot.
Rowland lifted his prison tunic, gi
