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Pre-Dawn Winchester Glimpses of a Quiet Town Life
Star Staff Writer portrays pre-dawn scenes in Winchester showing barbers, cooks, newspaper deliverers, lamplighters, and shoppers gearing up for daybreak. The piece notes a changing guard as night workers end shifts and dawn activity begins, especially among the elderly and commuters. By 7 a.m. downtown hum returns and the city wakes, bridging old and new.
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