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  • Ace News! -> This Life:10 Years Later The original series mirrored some of my own adventures when I worked at Kilners. Brierley News -> Electricity board man came out (“He had a look at your box on the wall, I said it would be ok” – Mrs Owen) to investigate the spikes, cuts and surges…

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  • Running

    Now…I really hate it when people come round the office saying “ooh would you like to put in for so-and-so who fell down a mineshaft” or “Thingie in accounts is having a barmitzvah” or “That chap from down the corridor’s dog is having a briss” and they put out their little flat cap or envelope…

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  • Some Answers to some questions

    Some questions were asked in this poll yesterday.

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  • Weekend Aftcast

    Fairly pleasant start to the weekend with light visit to Wombwell and occasional visits to kitchen showrooms. Evening; Cloudy with a few visits from in-laws. Sunday, cold front developed over lunchtime but lifted shortly after dinner. Outlook:- Sunny spells ahead, with occasional downpours of jobs put off to the last minute. Wind: Smelly, southerly &…

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  • Offensive

    Some people are easily offended.

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  • Last night the wife and I immersed ourselves in the local community by attending an exhibition of local photographs at the village church hall. It was very interesting. We learnt that once Brierley had a butchers (run by Michael Parkinson’s Great Grandfather), two pubs, a blacksmith, a coal mine and was once home to not…

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  • There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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  • Flat Cap Time

    Now then, When I wur a lad….

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  • We interrupt this journal to bring you a breaking news flash

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  • Nice

    Last night we went en mass to Nando’s in Junction 32 or Xscape as it is called. Food was good. Came home. Went to bed.

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