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Harry Messel and cursive writing changed my life – by Gail Morgan

Harry Messel, the Wyndham scheme and modified cursive handwriting wrecked my life, says Gail Morgan, 30, who like many people her age experienced an education suspended between the old and the new…

SMH Gail Morgan Article 1983

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