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Mabel Demaine (1908-1980), Interviewer Kevin Delanoy 

Above: The Freeman and Palmer children in hay field in 1916; Mabel Demaine (nee Freeman) is on the right hand side.

Above: Mabel and her brother Arthur on Hospital Wagon 1927

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Mabel Demaine reading her book "Recollections of a Country Woman".

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Mabel Demaine 2 - side B.mp3 (MP3 15Mb)

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Mabel Demaine buying a button hole flowers from Jenny Sulman, Alison Crofts at Methodist Fair

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