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'Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.'
'I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire.'
Born in St Johns Wood, London
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Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows. - John Betjeman
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Worlds 1st Dating Agency opens - 1650, Metropolitan Police Force Established - 1829, Britains 1st Electric Tram starts - 1885, Chamberlain & Hitler sign the Munich Agreement - 1938, First Episode of The Prisoner, - 1967
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