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Word: pinners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Gravely the Ministry of Home Security last week went over the heads of anxious neighbors and air raid wardens and told George Thomson of Cuckoo Hill Road, Pinner, Middlesex, that it would be perfectly all right for him to go on keeping his pet lion, Rona, in his well-fenced garden. "In view of the nature of the precautions which have been taken," ruled the Ministry, "there are no grounds for fearing that the lion is likely to escape as a result of war operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Animal Raid Precautions | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

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