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AUTUMN 2002 JANE DURANTMAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH people since 1987 Isle of Wight Them that asks no questions isn t told a lie In 1906, Rudyard Kipling published A Smuggler s Song, a poemto some extent glorifying our ability to look the other way. In theIsle of Wight, where I grew up, smuggling was a way people survivedthrough many an oppressive regime. It was a means to obtain somesmall luxuries: Brandy for the Parson, Baccy for the Clerk. Themany chines valleys down to the sea provided safe havensfrom the Revenue men. One of the better known chines is Blackgang.
AUTUMN 2002 JANE DURANT MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH PEOPLE SINCE 1987 ® Isle of Wight “Them that asks no questions isn’t told a lie” In 1906, Rudyard Kipling published “A Smuggler’s Song,” a poem
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