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Drink very good tea out of a thin Wocester cup of colour between apricot and pink.

Rumer Godden

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Rumer Godden
Age: 90 †
Born: 1907
Born: December 10
Died: 1998
Died: November 8
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Eastbourne
Sussex
Margaret Rumer Godden
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Apricot
Apricots
Pink
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Thin

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