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14 hrs agoLiked by Kate Watson-Smyth

Such a tragic tale. Thanks for sharing all this history and I am really enjoying your design postcards.

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I’m so pleased you are enjoying. They’re fun to find.

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Wonderful, I didn’t know any of this!

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This is so fascinating, thanks. We have a blue plaque dedicated to the (British) inventor of vulcanised rubber Thomas Hancock here in Marlborough. Turns out it was invented simultaneously by two men across the pond!

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