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For what reason was that, I ask myself from time to time?
As Book One relates, the wedding did go off as Ruth desired
at the Methodist Church in Boston.
The Reverend Stanley Jones the Superintendent Minister
who officiated was his usual unshakable self when confronted
with my sparkling new “Deed Poll” document on its first
outing.
Garry Atkinson the Boston Standard Staff photographer
very kindly took all our photographs and we were astounded
to be greeted after the service by a “Guard of Honour” made up
of the Wolf Cubs from Ruth’s Pack who attended the school
nearest to the church.
We were very moved that the whole staff from the entire
Boston Standard enterprise contributed to present us with two
lovely wedding gifts of cellular blankets and a painting.

CHAPTER 3
BOSTON AS IT WAS
We step back a little now to 1960, Boston was still
relatively sleepy with its basic family run stores and just a few
national chain shops in the town centre.
The A16 Peterborough to Grimsby trunk road traffic still
poured right thorough the centre of town in both directions.
From the south up the narrow High Street over the original
Town Bridge, into the spacious Market Place and main
shopping centre. It continued into very narrow Narrow-
Bargate where pedestrians took their lives in their hands.
Pushed back off the narrow uneven pavements up against the

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