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Introducing Mr I.T. Geek and Mary Migraines Chin Hairs.

Let me just set the scene: it’s a Wednesday morning, I’m on my first bucket of tea (yes, a bucket), Mary Migraine is lurking somewhere in the shadows like a nosy neighbour, and grandchild number four has kindly shared their latest superbug with me. I have a cough and a sore throat. “Have grandkids,” they […]

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Title: Dazzling Dutchess Debbie and the Monday Night Pube Party

If you thought your Mondays were wild, wait ‘til you hear what goes on in the men’s toilets when the lights go out and the doors swing shut. That’s right, folks: it’s time for another episode from everyone’s favorite cleaning crusader—Dazzling Dutchess Debbie! Picture this: it’s a Monday night, and the men’s urinal is positively […]

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Nora’s Gnashers, Oscar’s Howls & The Great Birthday Feast Fiasco”

Ey up, dear readers! Your favourite Yorkshire lass is back with another thrilling instalment of our lives that we couldn’t make up if we tried and questionable culinary choices. Welcome to the continuing saga of ‘Kate’s Life: Not Quite Downton Abbey’, more like ‘Downton Chippy’ if we’re honest. So, picture this: yesterday we finally rolled […]

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Fish Cottage, Twice-Cooked Chips & A Dickhead Called Cedric

Well, what can I say? The weather this morning is an absolute shambles. D.I.S-MALLLLLLL. Honestly, what the is going on? Yesterday, it was so hot I wore shorts and a vest, looking like a questionable extra from Love Island, and today? Today, it’s foggier than my memory after bottomless brunch. I can’t even see across […]

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Rodger the Dodger: The Case of the Leaky Kettle and the Mighty Morphine Power Stranger.

Right, gather round, dear readers, for another episode of Rodger the Dodger, because apparently, the Universe thinks my life is prime-time comedy. Yesterday was Friday (thank you, small mercies), and after Friday Fitness,  I was ready to melt into the sofa and become one with the upholstery. Complete, unapologetic exhaustion. But no, of course not. […]

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Rodger the Dodger: Breakfast Tuesday – The Sausage Stealer

If you visit NPLCC often, you’ll know that Tuesdays at our place mean only one thing: the legendary Breakfast Tuesday Club! Where else can you pile your plate high with a full English for only £4.50 (unless you fancy a fried egg, of course, those are an extra £125.00 EACH), because apparently, chickens have unionised, […]

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3d book display image of The Missing Piece in Coping with Grief

Grief is a universal language that we all speak.

Grief is an emotion and sad feeling that the whole of humanity can connect with. We can all agree that at some stage in our lives we have lost somebody we loved, or somebody close to us. We can all understand that deep sadness that grief leaves behind and agree that we feel shock, disbelief and sadness.

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