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Old 19th Mar 2013, 01:13
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it was supposedly because it delivered the "Moonies", those whey-faced posted-in individuals who had not yet got their knees (or faces) brown.
Concur with that. Well remember being a "Moonie" in Muckrack freshly delivered by a 10 late '65.
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