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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 67122, member: 25"]By the time it was used by the local children, descended from bombed out Londoners with whom the expression 'Black as Newgate Knocker' originated, it had mutated to 'Black as newbies knacker.' Or at least that is how it sounded to me. It was years later I encountered the original.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the pictures, a shot of the text of one page that is easily readable would be nice. Try using the various settings on your camera, and the enhancing software that came with it, with no film to pay for you can click away till you can picture with the pros.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 67122, member: 25"]By the time it was used by the local children, descended from bombed out Londoners with whom the expression 'Black as Newgate Knocker' originated, it had mutated to 'Black as newbies knacker.' Or at least that is how it sounded to me. It was years later I encountered the original. As for the pictures, a shot of the text of one page that is easily readable would be nice. Try using the various settings on your camera, and the enhancing software that came with it, with no film to pay for you can click away till you can picture with the pros.[/QUOTE]
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