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'Firstborn' appeared in Vol 3.2011-09-01T08:58:21+00:00monthlyhttp://thepersephoneforum.co.uk/2011/06/02/persephone-book-no-13-consequences-by-e-m-delafield-2/http://persephoneforum.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/playing-consequences.jpgplaying consequencespalying Consequences2011-07-30T06:26:33+00:00monthlyhttp://thepersephoneforum.co.uk/2010/08/01/persephone-book-no-3-someone-at-a-distance-by-dorothy-whipple/http://persephoneforum.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/housewife-1.jpghousewife 1'Mummy,' she said in amazement. 'Your hands are hard... just like... cuttle-fish... You couldn't possibly like washing-up and cleaning pans and doing fires, Mummy?' 'Well,' said Ellen, considering it, 'I don't actually like doing those things, I suppose, but it's all part of looking after the house and all of you, and that I do most certainly enjoy.' 2011-07-21T10:39:38+00:00monthlyhttp://thepersephoneforum.co.uk/2011/02/02/good-evening-mrs-craven-the-wartime-stories-of-mollie-panter-downes/http://persephoneforum.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/ww2_queues.jpgww2_queuesLondon 19452011-07-21T10:37:28+00:00monthlyhttp://thepersephoneforum.co.uk/2011/03/01/persephone-book-no-9-few-eggs-and-no-oranges-by-vere-hodgson/http://persephoneforum.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ladbroke_westway-bomb.jpgbomb damage in Notting HillBomb damage in Notting Hill, a short walk from Vere Hodgon's office2011-08-23T00:40:22+00:00monthlyhttp://thepersephoneforum.co.uk/2011/04/01/persephone-book-no-11-julian-grenfell-by-nicholas-mosley-2/http://persephoneforum.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ettie-g-npg.jpgettie g. npgEttie 1909, at the time of her 'flirtation' with Archie Gordon2011-07-21T10:34:35+00:00monthlyhttp://thepersephoneforum.co.uk/2011/05/01/persephone-book-no12-its-hard-to-be-hip-over-thirty-by-judith-viorst/http://persephoneforum.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/viorst-judith-young.jpgviorst-judith youngJudith Viorst at 80. 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