Fran and I went shopping on Saturday morning. Lipsticks and the like were first and then we were going for a cup of coffee but somehow we ended up in another shop..surprise, surprise! Anyway I had to leave Fran to the shopping and head off to put the glad rags on for another theatre visit. This time Kerrii, Grace, Rupert, Kev and I were heading off to see "Newsies", the 2pm matinee at the Nederlander Theatre on 41st Street. The musical told the story of the 1899 newspaper boys strike for better pay and conditions. Most of those who sold newspapers were kids who lived on the streets; in1875 it was reported that "There are 10,000 children living on the streets of New York....The newsboys constitute an important division of this army of homeless children. You
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