May I borrow your wheelbarrow? — I didn't lay down my life … - Adrian Mitchell

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May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
— I didn't lay down my life in World War II
so that you could borrow my wheelbarrow

Adrian Mitchell

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Adrian Mitchell (24 October 1932 – 20 December 2008) was an English poet, novelist, and playwright. A former journalist, he became a noted figure on the British left. For almost half a century he was the foremost poet of the country's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament movement.

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Alternative Names: Adrian George Mitchell

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May I borrow your wheelbarrow? — I didn't lay down my life in World War II so that you could borrow my wheelbarrow - Adrian Mitchell

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