Word: oulton
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only one point were the delegates nearly unanimous. Careful reporters noted that 41 of them tripped over the coconut mat as they entered Clacton's garish, modernistic Oulton Hall. The 42nd, stepping carefully, was Britain's Socialist Chancellor of the Exchequer, Hugh Dalton, who presided over the first of the secret sessions...
...meeting's lavish host was the British Labor Party, which set up an un-austere dinner of hors d'oeuvres, soup, chicken, potatoes, peas, cabbage and a choice of three sweets to be washed down with sound, unimaginative red Saint-Julien, a white Bordeaux and liqueur. (Because Oulton Hall is not a licensed house, the drinks had to be brought all the way from London...
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