Word: trelleborg
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week Pastor Hoas hastened down to Trelleborg, Swedish terminal of the Baltic ferry to the continent, to welcome the returning exiles. With him was Prince Karl, ready to make a speech...
Hours before the ferry bearing the exiles was expected, the entire population of Trelleborg was at the pier, with bands, flowers, flags, and Swedish Boy Scouts. The moment the ferryboat landed they rushed forward, cheering, weeping. Embarrassed Gammal-Svenksby exiles, with sunken windburnt faces, found themselves being kissed, hugged and thumped by hysterical strangers...
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