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Thread #71303   Message #4105631
Posted By: Jos
11-May-21 - 05:00 AM
Thread Name: ADD: A Place Called England (Maggie Holland)
Subject: RE: ADD: A Place Called England (Maggie Holland)
To Dave Hanson

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From: GUEST,henryp - PM
Date: 04 May 21 - 04:48 AM

"A Mr. Harding sort of England, hanging in there by a thread."

Mr Harding was the subject of an earlier song by Maggie Holland, "A Proper Sort of Gardener". A retired brewery worker, he was the gentle gardener in the house she grew up in in Alton, Hampshire, the head brewer's house.
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