Saturday, October 16, 2010

Old News

An ex-soldier must have had quite a shock when his 22 year old girlfriend Emelia turned up on his Rhayader doorstep in the summer of 1946. The enterprising young lady having somehow managed to smuggle herself into the country from her native Italy. Local magistrates took pity on the girl and she avoided a prison sentence, although they did recommend deportation, doubtless to the relief of the ex-soldier's wife.

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