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Peter Silverton, Sounds, 1 March 1980
1966 BEING 1966, a couple of light and bitters in the Sussex (a good two years underage) was the strongest refreshment to hand. Weed was something your father pulled out of flower beds and dope only evoked memories of model aeroplanes made from balsa wood.
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