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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #500 on: 23 December, 2013, 04:14:47 pm »
Mrs B & I passed a few while walking home from the shops before lunch, having gone out before it all got too bad, nicely wrapped in waterproofs.  ;D
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #501 on: 23 December, 2013, 04:45:13 pm »
I've never been to Giles Latcham  ;D
It is simpler than it looks.

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #502 on: 23 December, 2013, 04:54:34 pm »
I've never been to Giles Latcham  ;D

You'll find it looks very similar to Birmingham.   :)
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #503 on: 23 December, 2013, 05:57:30 pm »
Okay, there's a storm on the way.  So let's have the photos of broken umbrellas from all your local news sources...

If it floods we may get the ob. plucky cyclist pics.

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #504 on: 23 December, 2013, 08:19:45 pm »
It fell off the back of a lorry. Honest Guv.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-25495416

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #505 on: 26 December, 2013, 07:35:17 pm »
Okay, there's a storm on the way.  So let's have the photos of broken umbrellas from all your local news sources...

If it floods we may get the ob. plucky cyclist pics.

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #508 on: 29 December, 2013, 04:01:07 pm »
I suppose it does have beer & squirrels.


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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #510 on: 30 December, 2013, 11:03:02 am »
Reminder to self:
Must renew Pie Insurance.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #511 on: 30 December, 2013, 11:22:17 am »
From the same source: Tea towel left on hob catches fire.

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #512 on: 31 December, 2013, 12:14:44 am »
and also from that source, in non-fire related news: Man told to paint stripy beach hut more 'uniformly'
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #513 on: 31 December, 2013, 12:16:31 am »
Climbs like a sprinter, sprints like a climber!

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #514 on: 31 December, 2013, 01:36:22 am »
and also from that source, in non-fire related news: Man told to paint stripy beach hut more 'uniformly'

He could paint it like DPM...

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #518 on: 03 January, 2014, 07:25:20 am »
Probably following a tip off from a grass..
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #519 on: 03 January, 2014, 01:14:35 pm »
It was a day like any other in Ireland, only it wasn't raining

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #520 on: 04 January, 2014, 07:22:45 pm »
I don't think we've had these before. All from the Brighton Argus
http://www.buzzfeed.com/copyranter/the-30-best-headlines-of-the-argus
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #521 on: 05 January, 2014, 08:53:59 am »
Fantastic.  Especially the tragic story of the moth.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #523 on: 06 January, 2014, 05:53:41 pm »

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