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Außer ein paar alten Männern mit Schlägermützen und gelbbraunen, bis zum Kragen zugezogenen Marks-&-Spencer-Jacken waren die Fahrgäste alle Frauen im mittleren Alter mit den abenteuerlichsten Frisuren und dem heiseren, lockeren Lachen von Kettenraucherinnen.
Apart from a sprinkling of old men in flat caps and dun-coloured, tightly zippered Marks 8c Spencer's jackets, the passengers were nearly all middle-aged women with unlikely hairdos and the loose, phlegmy laughter of hardened smokers, but they were unfailingly friendly and cheerful and seemed happy enough with their lot.
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