HIS DECISION
MADE SACRIFICE AT 82 George Hepinstall, aged 82, avlio possessed the finest beard and winskers in Yorkshire and who was known in 1890 as the "bearded cricketer/’ . struck trouble when he was fitted with a gasmask. He tucked his beard into it and was almost asphyxiated. Officials said he must either be shorn or gassed. , , „ Recently he handed a pair ot scissors to hTs son and said, "I have reached a decision.”
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 12485, 20 October 1938, Page 7
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74HIS DECISION Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 12485, 20 October 1938, Page 7
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