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01 Apr 2022
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29 Sep 2021
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01 Jun 2021
Overheard in a Farnham pub. “When was the last time you saw someone sleeping on the streets of Farnham? Exactly. There are no homeless people around here” Homelessness means not having a home. People who have no roof over their head do sleep on the street and in doorways. However much more homelessness is hidden. […]
‘Sun forces charity to ditch rip-off helplines’‘(headline on the Sun newspaper website 07 April 2014). Do they mean Citizens Advice?. Well, yes it seems they do. Imagine a 63 year old man – let’s call him Jim (an entirely fictitious character, so any resemblance to anyone alive or dead is coincidental) – calling a bureau […]
Bernard Manning claimed that the bigotry of which he was sometimes accused did not reflect his real character. Whatever the truth, there is no denying his wit. In the interests of a low cost Christmas he once provided batteries for his children as gifts, each with a card which read ‘Toys Not Included’. By the […]
Do people who mourn the passing of bank managers like Mr Mainwaring (who presided over a branch in Walmington on Sea when he wasn’t commanding the local Dad’s Army platoon) have a point? Although he was pompous.he understood the idea of duty and he applied it to looking after other people’s money as well as […]