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May 28 1971 25 I SPOETS GUARDIAN Wanted -the simple facts PEGGY HEEKS looks at recent developments in information books An 'ancient argument' is rejoined NEVILLE CARDUS prepares to preside at the Whitsuntide Roses match st Old Trafford Now the astronauts are on the moon. Their spacesuits keep them cool. They can jump very easily. page from The Moon "one of the new Macdonald Starters series of information books for small children mentary readers, and Burke have built the Oar wartd books round the words most used by Leicestershire infants. There are dear advantages here for teachers trying to match books to ability and children gain in confidence by being given books tner can manage.

Control doesn't breed outstanding books bat Mac-miHan's Nippers and Collins' Dr Seaas books have shown that interesting stories and restricted vocabulary are not incompatible. Books with a limited vocabulary have an obvious application for slow learners, but one that has been largely overlooked. Here is another area sadly in need of attention. Approximated a quarter of the school population fails to reach a reasonable level of literacy by the age of 11. It might seem to follow that a quarter of the books available should be geared to the needs of retarded readers.

In fact it is difficult to find any appropriate material for these children outside reading schemes. They have to be fobbed off with books intended for average readers of their age, which are too difficult, or books intended for younger children, which are too babyish. Small wonder that encouraging them to read is a problem. Virtually unique among factnal books are Harrap's Tricorae series which, although only partially sueessful in execution, deserve commendation for the basic idea. Although publishers have failed us in the supply of books for young children and slow learners, in general they have been quick to interpret the reading implications of educational developments.

The interest in environmental studies is reflected in A town grows np, from the Oxford Children's reference library and Burke's series The ehang- VyHEN the recently elected President of the Lancashire County Cricket Club takes his eat to watch this year's Whitsuntide match, Lancashire v. Yorkshire, at Old Trafford, he will probably remember the smail, frail urchin who, for the first time, pushed his way through the Old Trafford turnstiles. The admission fee was saxpence to the part of the ground occupied by what was then known as the working classes." The small schoolboy, aged 10 was. curiously cnoueh, the President himself. He was not yet qualified to count among the worjclne classes," but soon he would be.

for the schooWeavInK age at the turn of the century, wss IS. with no level certificates and whatever needed to get a job pushing a handcart from Oldham Street to the joiners shop of E. Moss In Upper Brook Street. Manchester. I saw my first Lancashire and Yorkshire match at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Jury 21. 1901. Yorkshire narrowly escaped defeat, salvaged by an obstinate inningi from E. Wainwright. who.

by another turn of the acrew in my life, became head professional coach at Shrewsbury School, with myself his assistant never be a bowler." he told me, "till tha Kett a few steaks in thee. ') In this, my first baptism in "Roses" matches, the players Included J. T. Brown. Tunnicllffe.

Denton. Hirst. Haih. Lord Hawke, Rhodes. MacLaren.

Ward. J. T. TvJdcsley, Brtos. Walnwrijrht 10 of them England cricketers.

Old Trafford was in those days the "country." surrounded by fields: Stretford 3 village! No women or girls were to be seen in the crowd, except in the "Ladies" pavilion, a black and white timbered seclusion. No motor cars in 1901; the telephone was a privilege of commerce: no radios, of course: no television: horse-driven trains, no Welfare S'atc. but In the distance from Old Trafford the Withimrton Workhouse was a somehow pervading presence tor many folk. The amateurs came to the field through the Pavilion gate, the professionals from a side entrance, a sort of exit from the servants' quarters. My earliest vivid recollection of tincashire v.

Yorkshire i from an 01t Trafford encounter ting In Lancashire and Yorkshire matches between the wars is that the batsmen didnt hit boundaries plennfnllv on principle. They could have scored more quickly had they wished the great thing was ti anru the other side. County grounds in Yorkshire wore packed for the Roses match gates were closed at noon at Old Trafford The multitudes did not pay to see hnght cricket they were there to witness and enjoy Lancashire Trust ratine the old enemy In 1926. at Old Trafford, 78.617 paid at the turnstiles to watrh Lancashire Yorkshire. The Old Trafford nickel was so much a batsman's heaven, stuffed with runs, th.it every Ijnca.hire and Yorkshire batsman's determination was not to get out.

We would all see the gorgeous humour of Rhodes, bringing to bear all his subtlety, all his experience, to the end of keeping Makepeace "quiet" Makepeace, who before lunch, would not have risked a violent stroke if the ball had been put before him on a plate surrounded by parsley. Tdncashlre. In the 1930s, amassed 500 against Yorkshire at Old Trafford. Lancashire's captain, Leonard Green, was baiting when the score was 499. To himself he said Never again will Lancashire score 500 against Yorkshire.

If it kills me I'll get Uils 500th run." So he pushed a ball from Rhodes towards mid-olT. and ran for his life. The ball was savagely fielded, savagely thrown-in. hitting Rhodes on the wrist. And Rhodes "cliunlered" or mumbled "There's somebody runnin' up and down this wiekrt.

Harold Rosen's criticism; Much of the language encountered in school looks at pupils across a chasm." Among recreational books there are shortages, loo. It is hard to keep up with demand for books on fishing, football, motorcycles, or on newer hobbies such as coin collection or traction engines. Recreational reading of fiction has been encouraged by the easy availability of paperbacks, but here also non-fiction has lagged behind. Evans have some puzzle books and a dictionary, there is a small selection of Puffin titles, Transworld have a wide range in the How and Why series. When Pan launch their Piccolo scries of non-fiction for 8-12s next month, they face little competition.

Eventually we shall get the books we need but at present, in spite of some hopeful developments over the last few years, information books for children remain a neglected field, overdue for attention from publishers, educationists and critics. A REPORT earlier this year, Crisis in educational pending." drew attention to the shortage of books in acbool, showing tint supply had deteriorated during the atxtiec The Secretary for Education. Mr Thatcher, aek-nowledced the point recently when agreeing that learning resources should claim a higher proportion of school funds in ttte future. Money is. as might be expected, the main reason why school books are often grubby and outdated, school libraries inadequate.

Yet the problems are not entirely financial. Although 2,500 children's books are published each year, and there are rumblings about over-production, some kinds of books are scarce in schools and libraries not because book funds are mean but because the right books just don't exist Among the most serious shortages are information books for the under-eights, a strange situation, when we remember that eventual attitudes towards reading are largely conditioned by experience at infant schools. Newcomers in the field stand a good chance of success, as Jfacdonald have found with Starters, factual books for the very young, and the First Library for the slightly more competent The new Burke's Home-Start books and Hethuen's Look around aeries are particularly valuable in fostering language development through discussion of everyday experiences. A new phenomenon in factual books is the careful tailoring of vocabulary to reader, something previously encountered only in stories. World's Work have added books on history and science to their I can read supple New Books for Children Frank Dickens ALIERT HERBERT HAWKINS: Th Naaghricit Bey in Hm WerM An tmudt Ml cotoar pktm-kMk hM tto cnatw at Hm cmwn character Bnttnr.

Afi J-8. t5 Roy Irown THE BATTLE OF SAINT STREET RcMm tar Mi cklMrca. MUM, HM UTft AIM VMM Ult. OMMM tetanias muM Mty cm from Re Sma. nia KHtwt a uamisuitiot UT.

Mtt. ll-3 Robin Lawrle UNDER THE BONNET Hw can war. Met haw to ka rhra warfclaf Mm to tint rata." New Stataawa. With liIiii autrratiaaa. $10.

oa AlfLAJD-SCHUMAN t. 1CIHC STUirr, LONDON W.CJ Morality made exciting by ISABEL QUIGLY Old Traf ford-lovely ground Ah dont know who It Is. but there' somebody runnin' up end down this wicket." The ooerativ words in that sublime remark are "Ah don't know who It is." Thera la sail a certain frea-masoary about a Lancaahir and Yorkshire match. There are still splendid cricketers to settle tha ancient argument, some as skilful and as county as the immortals Boycott, Jack Bond, PI Line, Sharp, Padgett, Shutdeworth though I'm sot sure that Emmett Robinson would have approved of the presence in the Lancashire eleven of Cllve Lloyd not on racial or apartheid grounds, but simply because Lloyd was not bom in Lancashire. Emmett even objected, to me, by word of mouth, to the presence the Lancashire team of tha glorious E.

A. Macdonald. "Can't tha find good enough cricketers in Lancashire? he asked. "Hast Usl lo bring in a Tas-may-nian The way he pronounced ths word Tasmanian conjured up Macdonald with a ring through his nose. I am reminded of the occasion, at Lord's last summer, when Lever look sis wickets for against Middlesex.

1 went into the Lancashire players' dressing-room to congratulate Levci. Aren't you proud," 1 asked hint, to be a Lancastrian And charmingly he replied: "Thank you, sir but, you know, I wasn't really born in Lancashire, but on the border, in Todmorden Farokli Engineer, Lancashire's w-icketkeeper, was with us as Lever confessed his not quite Lancastrian origins. These bloody foreigners," said Engineer, with a smile as heartwarming as sunshine. The present President of ths Lancashire County Cricket Club will certainly be a proud man to watch his county, this Whllsun-tide, playing yet again against Ins next favourite county. And ho will be as proud lo be in the company of Chve Lloyd and Engineer as In the company of Boycott, Pilling and the rest.

And all the North Country crowd, not fnrgetting small Lancastrian boys, who hnve paid at the gates and pushed through the turnstiles. before the grandmaster could get an opening plus after 13 moves of theory and three of Che playing solo). The British champion Wade and the young theoretician Blackstock have combined admirably In a book whlih reflects the growing emphasis 011 research and scientific play in international chess. David Hooper is the best writer on endgames in the world lor anyone below master strength, and A Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames (Bell, 197 pages, X1.50) Is a lucid and systematic survey of a wide field, useful for match, postal, and tournament players. Combined with the same author's Practical Cbess Kndgames (Rout-ledge Chess Handbooks, 40p) it will answer most ending queries.

Rook Endings, hs Lcvcnfish and Smyslov (Batsford. 224 pages. 12.40). is a translation of a Russian reference book, helpful 1 you are already a strong player or have a knotty adjournment. There is really only one possible choice for this week's game, which gave Fischer a good start to his world title quarter-final match.

Mark Talmanov (Soviet Union) Robert Fischer (United States) First match game, Vancouver 171 King's Indian Defenca 1 P-4 N-KB3 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 N-QBl B-N2 4 P-K4 tM)3 N-S3 0-0 B-KX P-K4 7 0-0 N-B3 P-Q5 N-K2 B-Q2 N-Kl 10 R-BI Korchnoi beat GeUer In their first match game with 9 N-Q2, but changed lo B-Q2 N-Kl 10 P-QN4 in their third game, played after both had seam the Fischer opening. 10 P-KB4 PxP PzT 13 N-KNS P-KJU 13 N-KB BxN 14 PxB Q-Bl 15 Q-N3 P-B3 1 QxP 17 QxP N-B3 It B-K3 KK-M 19 Q-BC RlP 20 KA-41 P-K2 21 Q-K3 R-N2 22 B-B4 P-04 23 PkP PxP 24 N-N5 N-N3 15 N-Q4 4MM 26 Q-U K-R2 27 P-CR3 R-KB1 2S B-R6 B-N3 29 R-87 WMU has fair play for his sacrificed pawn, and this is a bold attempt at a win rather than tacitly off erhag a draw by 29 B-K2 R-N2 St B4U. 29... MU BsS cat KxB 31 BxP eh K-B2 22 B-KI KB4D11 23 NxP R-NI 34 RxR RxB ek IS H)2 N-CMT This loan. 36 Q-N3 or 36 P-N4 would maintain attacking chances for White's sacrificed exchange.

2 eh ST IM frNf St N-M Q-N1 NxP QxQ 4 BsO K1 41 Reaagas The flush could ba 41 B-QNS N-K4 42 PsN4 P-Q5 43 B-KR6 NxP eh 44 PN me en ana isxs wits am endgame win. Teter lvei (left) and Farokh Engineer bloody foreigner' lag scene. The new emphasis on training minds rather than teaching facts is apparent in Oxford's Clue books, meticulously compiled natural history books which provide not the answers but the means of finding them. Cape's Jackdaws and Macniillan's Sources of history follow up historians' advocacy of the use of original documents. Projects are sUll with us.

but there are signs of disenchantment with the little project books which have each subject neatly tied up in thirty-page bundles in a form ideal for copying. At the secondary stage the market has reached near saturation. There are series upon dreary series on life in other lands, great figures of the past, how television works. Old-fashioned in appearance and concept, they are the great unread. The most valuable of the books for older children break down barriers between subjects, encourage independent thought and avoid the abstractions and jargon which brought that you never can tell.

Of course "Eric" is quotable I could fill this review very happily with bits of it Now, Eric, now or never Life and death, ruin and salvation, corruption and purir-, are perhaps In the balance together, and the scale of your destiny may hang on a single word of yours. Speak out, boy Or. the most fre-qently misquoted: "'What a surly devil that is. said Eric "A surly Oh. Eric.

that'6 the first time I ever heard you There is much more to be had out of "Eric." though, than Monty Pythonish fun with paste and scissors and funny voices. "Eric was published In 1858; my own edition, published in 1914. contains Dean Farrar's preface to the twenty-fourth edition of 1889. The story of Eric was written with but one single object," he writes, "the vivid inculcation of inward purity and moral purpose." That might be Arnold of Rugby's voice, 50 years on, and Eric was and for years continued, anachronistically. to be an expression of the highminded-ness that came in with Arnold and died in the hearty aftermath of Tom Brown, when the middling boy was idealised, the outstanding or the eccentric cut down to size, games mattered more than work, and Philistinism and muscular Christianity reigned in the public schools (which meant far beyond them).

All right, so it's funny: Eric: Victorian illustration the new 1 0 round about 1903- George Hirst was given out leg before uk-ket to Walter Brearley. fast bowler and gentleman-amateur," a gale of a man from Bolton. He was wrong to appeal for this Ibw against Hirst and knew It himself, for he cut off the "H'rat?" even ai he roared it out But the umpire's finger went up and Hirst had to go. Whereat A. C.

Maclren came to Brearlev saying You so-and-so fool Walter. George will make us suffer for this And when Lancashire's second innings began. Hirst rolled up the sleeve on his Yorkshire ham of a left arm and bowled Lano.ishire out for less than a hundred. Hirst sent down fastLsh left-arm swingers. C.

B. Fry maintained that a late in-rwing from Hiirt came to the batsman like a ferocious throw-in from mid-ofT. In those years only one ball was available to bowlers throughout the longest of a team's Innings. Hirst began the YorMUre attack (a slow bowler, Rhodes, at the other end), and he placed two or three short-legs In the Odd. Nothing new under the sun.

I was terrified when K. H. Spooner flicked Hirst, with his wrists, through this leg-trap. Spooner, if rav memory is not faltering, once scored 200 in a day at Old Trafford against ork-shire. The Roses match, during the reigns of A.

C. Macl-aren and Lord Hawke. was not the dour humorous feud of later summers: it was almost a North Country tournament batsmen in I-anca-shire and Yorkshire matches of the early lfKKh were actually caught in the long field. None the less, this great match was at its characteristic best when Harrv Makepeace. Rhodes, and Emmett Robinson were the planners and powers behind the throne.

If Lancashire should win the toss. Harry Makepeace would say, in the professionals' dressing room Now lads, we've won the toss and it's a enod wicket. No fours before lunch." The comedy of the slow bat said Push It along son." and Close blocked two from Burtt and then hit the most enormous front-foot pull that Cave caught 01 ei his head right on the mid-wicket ropes. Evervone said what a wonderful shot and bad luck lad, and none of us knew that we were witnessing the blueprint of Close's career. Certainly 1 did not realise I was too busy planning lo copy Trevor Bailey's action.

But not a mention or the match from Mr Marshall. He docs give us other things though, and he builds up the atmosphere to Bond's renaissance through those and hack through Sinlh.ini and Ikin and Washhrnnk and Pollard and I'avnirr and' Briggs and Tvldclev and Spooner back to eveiJiic cNc's 1 Hornby and Harlow. He is best on (hose early days how Mr de Trafford liimsetf is listed as playing Tor Lancashire in J884 scoring 0 runs, highest score 0. averjee 000; and how it had all started when Manchester Cricket Club moved to Old Trafford in 1KG4 (the same year that 15-year-old W. G.

Grace played nis nrst game mr Gloucester (5 and 38); the year that Winden first came out: the year that the Co-op was founded in Rochdale of course). Mr Marshall's romantic love of the game comes through. He takes village teamc on occasional tours to the West of England. A year aco at Sheepcombc fie suddenly let go a glorious cover drive it must have been just like his old days. Later one youthfully, stupidly, asked why ne spent weeks arranging the games, accommodation, and transport.

"Anything's worth it," he "to have played thai cover dnvp again." Gentle man, gentle book, and a Invely ground. K.K. hers of Ihe controversial race between Devilt and Larson for 1 the Olympic UUe of 1900 in the 100 metres freestyle. Devitt won the race, but Mrs Besford comes out strongly in favour of Larson. Her rulings are almost as important as those of J-TNA or the IOC.

There is much for the statistician, including progTesaive world record lists dating from 1905. Mrs Besford's investigation of some of the anomalies in the older records make interesting reading. The author admit that there are likely to be mistakes and omissions. The absence of such personalities as Carlile, Councilman, and Haines belongs to the latter category, but al least she has been consistent in leaving out all coaches. No doubt they will be included in the larger encyclopaedia that roust follow.

Julie Smith, who as Julie Hoyie r.vam the final of the Olympic 100 metres backstroke at el-bourne in 1956, has written a pleasantly instructive hook. "Swan with me (Stanley Paul. 1.75). She has collected many anecdotes from her life ai swimmer. air hostess, and swimming coach, and uses themj skilfully to make points on technique and competitive atti-tode.

Chess Books from opening to endgame NEW FROM OXFORD Books for Children As someone (probably drenched) once said, the only thing about Old Trafford was that it had a nice name. Give o-ver as the crowd still siRh in unison as a speculative Yorkshire appeal goes up behind the wicket. And if John Marshall, in his latest book. Old Trafford iPcihani, 12 Oil), in his on the cricket grounds of England, does not aspire to such descriptive heights, lie certainly and pleasantly chronicles all the fads lus very own gentle, birthda.v -present wa. Old Trafford was almost an alma mater to Sir Neville of course the best light in the country no nonsense about waving trees there it found it's true heart, not in the great Test matches, but when Hornby and Barlow were at the wicket it is less Lancashire than Manchester; there is not much in iu prosperous shape the pavilion is the image in stone and mortar of your successful Manchester man that tells of the country's scrambling little mill towns where cobUed streets go up and down hill." But it is more like Lancashire than Kennlngton Oval is like Surrey.

But one huge disappointment Every important Old Trafford match seems to merit a paragraph or two except the first Test match that I saw. Against Hadlee'a IMS New Zealanders, and narrowly 11 minus. I saw Hutton and Compton and Wash-brook for the very first time from the Stretford end, and Hutton hit a six in his 75. Wasbbrook's shirt was yellower than anvone else's and Close played his first Test at 18. When he batted on the Monday Freddie Brown obviously SWIMMING By LEONARD BARDEN ERIC OR LITTLE BY LITTLE, by Frederic W.

Farrmr, with an inlrodmctiom by John Rowt Townttnd (Hamiih Hamilton, JJO). T. FIFTH FORM AT ST DOHINICS, by Talbot Stint, Reed, introduced by Brian AUtrton Hamuli Hawultoa, 7RIC 1 Little by little books have is one of those that, like "East Lynne, become part of a joke-culture People quote them who have never read them, and have certainly not taken them to heart. I took "East Lynne" most painfully to heart (the heroine was my namesake, after all) but laughed like mad at "Eric" at about the same time whereas my (much cleverer and more sophisticated) best friend did just the opposite and took Eric quite seriously; which just shows Young People AYO GURKHA! James Marks writes from fast-hand acperience of the Gurkha people, and his book pays tribute to the courage sad fighting ilall far which they arc renowned, Illustrated by Goray Douglas. 1.00 net ELLEN Ellen South ee grew up in Cobham Court at Bekesbourne in Kent, surrounded by a loving family.

The book tella of her early Hfe and of her marriage to a Rusian nobleman. ritten by E. M. Almrdin-frr. and illustrated by Robert MickUwright.

1.00 net Extended to children, and other adoha, an invitation from Mr Anders, the Danish cat, hero of Elizabeth Wilton's ntrtna tmok- RED moral fervour Is funny nowadays, especially when expressed in that perfervid way (Hugh Klngamill called "Eric" "the Idnd of book Dr Arnold might have written had he taken to But for all its purple passages and death scenes, its languors and hysteria and all that was maudlin and now seems hilarious about it, it actually manages to make morality exciting. Is it. in any case, hysterical to try to save a soul from damnation, if that is what you believe in The Firth Form at St Dominie's, firrt published in volume form in 1887, after appearing as a serial in the Boy's Own Paper." is much more successful and reassuring but historically and psychologically a lot less interesting. It is an attractive, straightforward public-school story relaxed, humorous, well written, and extremely readable. The characters are good the jokes funny like the best children's books, it hasn't dated, and unlike many of them it has no axe to grind, no apparent hang-ups to unhook.

May one of the differences between the two books have been due to the fact that Eric's school was based directly on Farrar's own, whereas Talbot Baines Reed, lucky or unlucky man depending on how you look at these things, never bad the full treatment because he never went to a boarding school at all reproduced on the jacket of edition Chare Untoa W.S. VARENKA A simple story, which tells of Vsrrenka's care for travellers and those lost in the forest, vividly illustrated and told by BemadtUi Watts. net Oxford University Press Keeping track of the swimmers No. 1142 L'J 1 iiTi i-l'l i' Li ir-V-i i-r J-t 2 ''i s'i-s if' 0 IT -r- VI' This miniature four-ln-onc problem is by Dr W. Spcckmann.

White mates in two mines (a) rrom the diagram (b) with the queen al KK7 moved to QK7 (c) with queen at yf(7. black king at QB? (d) with queen at (1R7, black king at white king at WJi. Solution No. 1141: 1 K-N7 R-Q5 2 K-B6 R-B5 ch 3 K-Q4 N-N3 male. Most chessplayers have a special interest in one phabe of the game.

Young players and tournament regulars follow the fashionable opening trends for thc excitement of new ideas and for traps to catch out less well primed opponents those who appreciate clarity and neat finishes find their enjoyment In the endgame: while keen amateurs like to play through master games for instructive strategy and tactics. The latest batch of new books between them cater for all these tastes. The Closed Buy I-opex, by Ft G. Wade. L.

S. Blackstock, and p. J. Booth (Batsford. 2S6 pages, 2.30) is the most clear aad detailed of the excellent Batsford opening series.

The book starts on move 9 and I can illustrate its depth by the fact that my own Ruy Lopez monograph, with fair detail, has only pages on the equivalent variations. The authors bluntly aim at strong players to quote ths blurb they have set out as tf to brief a leading grandmaster In all the Important variations" Wa all flatter our chess abilities a little, which Is why "The Closed Ruy Lope has already sold several thousand copies. This is more than a book of opening moves, for there are over S00 complete games, Including the collector's item Najdorf r. Che Guevara, Havana 1963 (tactfully agreed drawn Just RIBBONS AND MR ANDERS, to join the Pied-Piper tail leads to Richard Kennedy's Doodle -Im at the OnWren's Pavilion on Saturday, 29th May and 3tn June, ax xau Pat Bcsford, the swimming correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph and World Sports," has produced the sport's first comprehensive work of reference, the Eocydopaedia of Swrnindng (Robert Hale, 2), and clearly it has involved a lot of painstaking research. rimming has been badly documented in the past, but this authoritative book makes up for all former omissions.

Almost anyone else connected with the sport would have found the compilation of so much scattered information sheer drudgery, but Mrs BeafoTd has a combative approach to life and the pleasure for her wiH be In the achievement She is as much a competitor as the swimmers about whom she writes so knowledgeably. Detail Is easily forgotten in a sport in which young swimmers become veterans during the four-year course of an Olympiad. Mrs Besford remembers it because broadcasting or reporting on (be sport hM arnprinted it on her memory. For that reason there is no more acceptable version than And to meet book -friends Wombat, Moose and Tabby, heroes of Ruth Park's Uteat story, THE MUDDLE-HEADED WOMBAT ON THE RIVER AELFRED, hero of Ted Greenwood's latest nonaamc story, aet in a medieval castle and the children in THE DAYS OF THE WEEK by Benton Lord and Walter Erhtrd. Watch the panorama of Chinese history unfold in THE STORY OF CHINA by Lo Hut-Min, and see ary other exciting Angus Robertson books at the Yra can bay ALL th btft childrtn't boaki all A tha yaar reucd at teJ-S CHILDREN'S BOOK CENTRE Bedford Square Book Bang.

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