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Word: romford (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Congressmen during their first months in office are better seen than heard. Neophyte British M.P.s, on the other hand, are expected to create something of a stir when they rise to make their maiden speech in Parliament. Last week 34-year-old Ron Ledger, newly elected Labor Member for Romford, devoted his maiden speech to a plea for more free nurseries. To give his argument force, he told the story of a certain renegade father and of a mother, pregnant and destitute, who was forced to abandon her three children to the care of an orphanage. "Thirteen years later," said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Orphan, M.P. | 6/27/1955 | See Source »

Bulldog Breed. In Romford, England, Queenie Swain, eliminated in the finals of a beauty contest, was fined ?2 for biting Rosina Jones, the winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 28, 1950 | 8/28/1950 | See Source »

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