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            <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A new exhibition at the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Resurgence, the North Devon based organisation that began life as a pioneering magazine and has since grown into an educational charity.</p>
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