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My uncle was a Special Constable in his spare time and had many friends in the police, among local farmers, and one or two American officers. He always obtained a good supply of butter, eggs, bacon, sugar, candies, etc., and acquired so much that there was a secret larder under the stairs in their house. It was before the days of refrigeration and my aunt would pass on 鈥渙ld stock鈥� to my mother and grandmother. The sugar was fine but the butter was often rancid.

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