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It was a quiet afternoon in the Oxfam Shop in Great Yarmouth in the autumn of 2005. Most days are quiet in Great Yarmouth out of season.
This day, however, was to prove a rare exception. In walked a man, in his 50s, with boxes containing between two and three hundred vinyl records.
He explained that he had come up to Norfolk from London to clear the house of his brother who had lived locally but had just died. (23/04)
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