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Americana Rules! A UK + USA Love Story

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Published in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Aug. 14 In George Washington’s ancestral English hometown, all is more than forgiven. Jon Offredo meets some lovely Brits who embrace the American way A month before congressmen and senators played chicken with a nation’s livelihood, a youngster wearing a mop on his head stood on a finely preened [...]

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British museum displays familiar coalfield history

Friday, July 29, 2011

Words and photos by Jon Offredo The Charleston Gazette BEAMISH VILLAGE, England — The minute Derek Berryman sees his prospective miners dressed in matching checkered shirts accented by scuffed hardhats several sizes too large, he knows they could never work. “I’m sorry to say, but you’re not old enough to be in the mines,” he [...]

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