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		<title>An Old Cockney Remembers His Trunk</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RaulH98588662: Die Seite wurde neu angelegt: „Chests aren’t just places to keep things. They’re time capsules. Before plastic tubs filled every house, repurposed vintage trunks ([https://blogs.koreapor…“&lt;/p&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;RaulH98588662: Die Seite wurde neu angelegt: „I arrived in England as a young lad just after the war. The voyage tuned my heartbeat to the tide. One truth the journey wrote in iron: a metal chest holds mor…“&lt;/p&gt;
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