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Boaters

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  1. I remember the old saying ( do you live to work or work to live ) I had a neighbour who got very upset if he could not work on a Sunday in a large factory .       Where  as here in our town ( in Norfolk ) they still close Wednesday afternoon apart from the big chains and the Town is empty .

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  2. Been a Ransome fan since a kid ,we hired a boat in th seventies.and was on Breydon when they were filming  Coot Club we  stil  have the video on VHS got the DVD and have just read them both on Kindle as the original books are fragile.Just read TITYS  Book of her time filming Swallows and Amazons  on the Lake District on Kindle.

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  3. Back to Eels I used to go with my Dad to COOKS in Dalston    East London where they had a drawer which pulled out the from the the front of the shop for you to select  from a mass of live eels in the tray to be prepared for you ,with a pie and liquor  ,was the best TAKE Away at the time ,along with Faggots and pease pudding from Edmonton .they were the days .No Just Eat delivery’s in those days. :default_dry: 

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