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From: "Anne" <>
Subject: SV: Unwed Parents and Other Customs In Årdal
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 19:37:01 +0100

Fra: Betsey Anderson <>
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Dato: 1. desember 1998 01:28
Emne: Re: Unwed Parents and Other Customs In rdal

>Dennis:
>
>I think you are right especially about the poverty. My grandmother
was
>told to emigrate because she was part of a middle class family and
there
>wasn't any middle class for her to marry into. My mother talks about
>the extreme poverty of the country until the North Sea Oil was
>discovered and the arrival of electricity to the rural areas.

Extreme poverty in the 50'ies and 60'ies? I think your
mother was somewhat wrong. Of course it could be a discussion
on what extreme poverty means.

Anne

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