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With the house market in it’s present state everyone has to think very carefully before they consider buying or moving. No matter if you are a first time buyer or you have some reason to search for a different property, there is a great deal to be taken into account. The first concern has to […]
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For quite some time we have become accustomed to reading reports about our young people suffering from alcohol, drug and tobacco addiction. More recently gambling can probably be added to that list and now, according to a recent poll, eight out of every ten children are addicted to their mobile phones.81% of those aged between […]
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A recent survey of six thousand children is reported as saying that nearly nine out of ten of them are anxious about violence and street crime and called for extra policing in parks and places where children play on their way to and from school.It found 54% feared violence, 53% crime and 51% said they […]
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Nowadays the media seems to be putting more and more emphasis on the last war with repeats of old films, newsreels and documentaries. Is that a fact or is it simply that it appears to be so because we are all getting older and fewer people can remember it! Even when we were in our […]
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Woolworths has gone and Marks and Spencers like many other companies are in trouble as we sink deeper into the worst manufacturing slump experienced for nearly thirty years. As a result of the cut backs the number of people employed in manufacturing has fallen to a record low of 2.8 million. Every time we listen […]
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A recent survey reported in a newspaper revealed that when asked, nine out of ten people in Great Britain said they were happy. On a different page it stated that for the fifth year running we have the highest number of cocaine users in all of Europe. Around three million between the ages of fifteen […]
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Why is it that every time we open a newspaper or switch on the news we are confronted with reports of doom and gloom? Can it be that successive Governments since the last World War have failed in their attempts to create a society with the high standard of living they promised for all after […]
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The European Commission predicts that there will be eighty million people living in Britain in fifty years time. Unless something is done, that will make us the most crowded country in Europe. MP’s who are putting forward a plan to slash the number of immigrants coming into the country by 200,000 a year claim it […]
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continued from previous blog Visit almost any part of the river Waveney and it doesn’t really matter whether or not you have anything specifically planned. There is always something to interest all ages and if you decide to do nothing there is no better place to do it!! What could be more relaxing than to […]
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Those Summer school holidays have come and almost gone again. They were something all children used to look forward to and most considered the best time of the year. Nowadays, many have their pleasure clouded as they wait for the results of their various exams or prepare for the next step up in their education. […]
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Father’s day has come and gone again for another year. Am I mistaken or was there less hype than we have come to expect leading up to it? Advertisers in the media seemed unusually quiet about it and you had to look to find any reference to it in the shops and stores. Perhaps I […]
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With all the hustle and bustle of life, when you work out a schedule for the day to ensure everything will get done, do you ever stop and wonder why you do it? Of course you have a duty to your family, the community and lots of other people and much of it is out […]
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Where has the time gone this year? It seems such a short while since we were trying to decide what to give everyone for Christmas and now already it is only a few weeks to the summer solstice and the longest day. There are probably lots of children still getting fun and pleasure from the […]
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The price of fuel continues to spiral faster than any other commodity. Each time the price of petrol at the pumps increases they offer another excuse to the public. Usually, it is just following the escalating cost of oil per barrel. With ever increasing demands on the fast diminishing worldwide supplies, reasons for such inflated […]
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The Class distinctions that prevailed in our Society up to the Second World War no longer exist. The comradeship that emerged during those dark years when everyone, no matter from what background they originated, suddenly became equal. At times, like those when the siren had wailed and the whistle of falling bombs could be heard […]
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Have you heard any good news recently? Something that made you feel good. The Media seems to have a knack of bringing doubt into anything they tell us about that is being done for somebody’s benefit. Perhaps, because of their concern about the competition, just reporting the facts is not enough. They go to such […]