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Close-up of a creamy-white magnolia flower in bloom with dark green leaves and a textured yellow center visible.

By Josep Renalias Lohen11 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Magnolia Close, Cambridge

History of Magnolia Close

Many people in Cambridge, even taxi drivers, have no idea of the location of Magnolia. This quiet isolation just off Blinco Grove attracted Tony and Edna Whitmore in their retirement. They talked about the Close in

2016

https://cms.capturingcambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Whitmore-Magnolia-Close.mp3

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