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From: The Journal (Newcastle, England) | Date: July 9, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: David Whetstone

THE stories we love as children tend to stay with us into adulthood. We then read them to our own children who in turn will read them to theirs.

In this way a story becomes a classic, part of our national heritage.

Two such stories are The Wind In The Willows, published a century ago, and The House At Pooh Corner, which was published in 1928.

Both stories lie at the heart of the new exhibition at Seven Stories, t...

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