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Fountaine’s diaries waited until 1978
After Margaret Fountaine died in 1940, her butterfly collection and a box containing diaries were deposited at Norwich Castle Museum. Her will specified opening in 1978. The twelve large diary volumes were read after a wait of thirty-eight years.
The legacy included instructions about when it could be read.
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