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Brian Snellgrove

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Special – First Response Radio

Our Men's Group breakfast meeting in Frome Once every couple of months or so I go along to the nearest men's group I can find. We meet either for breakfast,  curry evenings or Zoom meetings.    About a dozen of us met...

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A day for ourselves and a shock for the driver

Local Church, St. Peters This was an immaculately presented and well cared for church in the grounds of Bosworth Hall. I felt it was a blessing just to go in and enjoy the rich history going back the best part of a...

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Birmingham – a city to be reckoned with

We left at 9:00 a.m., a bad time as it turned out because there had been a serious accident on one of the main roads and we had to take quite a long alternative route so by the time we arrived at a parking place just...

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Visit to Stamford and Oakham

We left at 9.30 am and arrived about 11am on yet another sunny frosty day. Stamford is an historical town used as a major stopping point between London and York. It has over 600 listed buildings. It is an affluent town...

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Thoughts on starting a holiday

I'm sure this is something my readers and I will have in common. The holiday is far distant, next month, then next week, and finally the day dawns. Today is THE day. Today is the day I have been looking forward to for...

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Fishers of Men + a generous public

This morning, a look at the Gaza cease fire - a busy one for the Israelis in my opinions.  Vanessa Beeley steadfastly reports. She expects there will be some type of False Flag operation maybe in he USA to justify a...

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A Court case without a court

Not being able to sleep last night, I arose and had a look at some of the programs stored on my Sky box.   I found a series featuring John Cleese who had been given a series of 10 programs by GB news to do what he...

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A largely local day – chips and porridge

This is a day to celebrate local institutions. We had breakfast at the " Fat Boyz cafe" at Gravel Hill, Seldson, Croydon. Traditional menu, well cooked up market from the greasy spoon model, lots of local faithful...

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