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“Your lucky day”: the gold ring scam

24/02/2012 donbrown 42

So, there I am, walking up Chelsea Bridge Road towards Sloane Square. “Look at this!” says a man who has just passed me, “Look what […]

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“Big problems call for Big solutions” – the Abercrombie plan

24/01/2012 donbrown 0

“The Proud City” is a wonderful bit of film freely available on the Internet Archive. Made to sell the idea of the Abercrombie plan for […]

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