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    Amanda is offline First-graft Pearl Senior Guide Member
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    If you want to know more about her, including her respectable upper-working-class background, marriage to a travelling actor (the horror!) etc, I wrote an article about it, ages ago:

    http://londongirl.hubpages.com/hub/T...rvivors-story#

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    Amanda,

    Fascinating article, well done!
    Pattye


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    SO MANY PEARLS, SO LITTLE TIME----

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    Amanda is offline First-graft Pearl Senior Guide Member
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    Thanks! She lived to a ripe old age, so both my uncle and my mother knew her well, and of course my Granny (her granddaughter).

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    Hi Caitlin, you can add any photos of my pearls that you think are suitable.

    Thank you.
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    Thanks. I have a couple of photos.Name:  ebay 199a.jpg
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    I think it is a fantastic idea to make one in this style with modern pearls. Good Luck!

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    Amanda is offline First-graft Pearl Senior Guide Member
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    I agree, Caitlin - but it wouldn't half be fiddly!

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