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Old 4th August 2015, 08:18 AM   #1
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Default George Orwell - Burmese Days

Hello all,

Thought I would share this interesting photo of the author George Orwell (famous author who wrote 1984) drawing a Burmese dha (ie you can tell by the short handle).

One of his lesser known, but still well known books, Burmese Days

https://ayatheatre.wordpress.com/201...n-in-new-york/
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Old 4th August 2015, 01:21 PM   #2
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Great old photo Nathaniel!
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Old 4th August 2015, 08:20 PM   #3
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Thanks Nathaniel. Put George Orwell down as another dha guy.
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I love that book. Thanks for sharing the photo.
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Thanks guys! I was just as thrilled and excited to stumble upon this Happy to share with you all
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