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The week that was 14th June
Afternoon all, Well. It’s once again been a significant week politically in which we have seen parts of the whacky and not so United...
Jun 28, 20223 min read
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The week that was 7th June
WOW …Where has 2022 gone? For today marks the midsummer solstice, temperatures are on the up and with Wimbledon just around the corner,...
Jun 26, 20224 min read
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The week that was 31st May
Hi Folks, As the summer season is now upon us and the world of footy is taking its annual break, stadiums the length and breadth of the...
Jun 14, 20224 min read
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The week that was 24th May
Jeeze. Well, what a fantastic week of street parties, fly-pasts, concerts, 80’s supermodels ( and a few Z listers , let’s be honest!! ...
Jun 7, 20223 min read
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The week that was 17th May
Schools nearly out for the half term break and as the Gaffer and myself will both be off on our holidays next week we wanted to bring you...
May 28, 20224 min read
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The week that was 3rd May
My Word. The sheer pathos of last week on all fronts …. For it was a bitter-sweet week in which the newly titled “Dame” Deborah James,...
May 17, 20224 min read
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The week that was 25th April
My oh My …. It’s been a week of “diva’s”, “luvvies”, yet more “illegal” parties and the sad loss of a TV icon. First up, the news that in...
May 11, 20225 min read
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The week that was 19th April
My Oh My ….. , It’s been a week of “Sex and Drugs and Rock n Roll” (and that’s just in the courtroom at the Johnny Depp /Amber “Turd”...
May 4, 20223 min read
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The week that was 29th March
Hi Everyone, Abba fans, especially. Well. It’s been a week of “Winners taking it all” …..Macron winning the French election / Tyson...
Apr 27, 20224 min read
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The week that was 29th March
It’s a week when lots of us will be eating copious amounts of chocolate and jetting off for our hols (the Gaffer and myself included) as...
Apr 12, 20223 min read
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The week that was 22nd March
Afternoon All; A sad week this one in which we said goodbye to Tom Parker (from the Wanted) and Eastenders’ icon June Brown (Dot Cotton)...
Apr 5, 20224 min read
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The week that was 15th March
Well this year’s Oscars certainly packed a punch! With Will Smith’s “slapping” of Chris Rock completely eclipsing the limelight from...
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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The week that was 8th March
Yet again another tragic week for those in the Ukraine as our screens and newspapers have once again been populated with the most heart...
Mar 22, 20223 min read
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The week that was 1st March
Afternoon all, Well; We have sadly spent another week of witnessing the most unbelievable of atrocities in the Ukraine with so many heart...
Mar 15, 20224 min read
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The week that was 22nd February
Another very sombre week on the news front as we continue to see those heart breaking images coming from the Ukraine and as bad as human...
Mar 8, 20223 min read
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The week that was 15th February
Afternoon All, Obviously there has only been one main story dominating the headlines this week with the whole world seemingly &...
Mar 1, 20224 min read
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The week that was 8th February
So from Dudley, to Eunice to Franklin….. how the winds did blow and our Northern friends also got a dolloping of the white stuff! Brrrrr....
Feb 22, 20223 min read
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The week that was 1st February
Morning All, … From a typhoon -infested Derbados; it’s stair rods up here! ☹ So; in the week when Luurrvvv was hopefully in the air...
Feb 16, 20224 min read
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The week that was 25th January
In a week when our Napoleonic Boris has got his various lap dogs (Sajid Javid) defending his allegedly idle and manipulative wife -...
Feb 8, 20222 min read
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The week that was 18th January
So…aside from news of yet more parties at No. 10 (seriously - how do they find the time for any work?!!) it was a bit of a fierce one...
Feb 1, 20222 min read
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