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This Is Why Closing Ticket Offices Will TEAR THE HEART Out Of The Railways

This is the response that I have sent to the official consultation to close ticket offices. To whom this may concern, Although I am writing to this address due to my nearest station being Hockley in Essex, my thoughts really apply to the national network as a whole. I’m not …

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‘But They’ve Got Money For …’ Replies For Idiots Abusing Struggling People During The Cost Of Living Crisis

Here’s ‘BUT THEY’VE GOT MONEY FOR …’ – Replies for every idiot on social media abusing people who are struggling during the cost of living crisis.‘ … A FLAT-SCREEN TV.’ If you want a non-flat screen these days, you need to ram raid a local museum or employ a team …

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This Is Why I Think It’s Time For FREE SCHOOL MEALS For Every Child

MY SORT OF MINI ESSAY ABOUT WHY I THINK IT’S TIME TO MAKE SCHOOL MEALS FREE FOR ALL PUPILS IN ENGLAND I truly believe that it is time for ALL UK SCHOOL CHILDREN to have the option of free school meals if they wish – the rest of England needs …

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A Child-Friendly Stay At Hilton London Heathrow Airport (Terminal 4)

A lot of fancier hotels with a large number of business-type users claim to be ‘child-friendly’ like the Hilton London Heathrow Airport – they’re pushing their family stays at the moment and they invited me and the kids to try them out for a night. IMPORTANT: This was a gifted …

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Why Aldi Mamia Wipes Gave Me The Rage Of A Thousand Rabid Badgers

Oh Aldi. I had your back throughout the whole caterpillar cake thing, as did so many parents up and down the land. How do you repay us for this support? By reducing the quality of your Mamia wipes to the extent where I am just about ready to cleanse my …

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Aldi Have Joined Too Good To Go And I Got All Of This For £3.30

Aldi have announced that a number of their UK stores have joined the Too Good To Go app – this is a ‘food waste’ reduction service where you pay a set fee for a certain amount of surplus food from a range of local shops or eateries. It’s a simple-ish …

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Taking The Night Riviera Sleeper Train From London To Penzance

I wanted to reshare our trip on the GWR Night Riviera sleeper train from London Paddington to Penzance back in the summer of 2022. We did a two-night trip for Luke’s birthday, one night there, a day at Lands End (touristy as **** but he loves geography stuff) and then …

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Giant Contraceptive Bedroom Thomas Aside, The Drayton Manor Hotel Is Pretty Good

We recently stayed in a Thomas and Friends-themed bedroom at the Drayton Manor Hotel (situated next to the main theme park including Thomasland), and apart from the giant contraceptive bedroom ‘Thomas’ overlooking the main double bed, we had a pretty good stay. To be fair, there will be couples out …

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Create An Airport Control Tower With Just A Hotel Room And A Laptop

This is well worth considering if you have kids who are a teeny bit obsessed with planes. There are often deals to be found at airport hotels in the UK, especially during quieter periods, and try and look for a room that is advertised with a ‘runway view’ (a quick …

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I joked my kid was thrown out of a vegan party for wearing a cow onesie. The Sun fell for it.

This happened in 2017 when my daughter Emma was about 18 months old, and I used my ‘fake’ news page to pretend that she had been kicked out of a vegan child’s birthday party for turning up in a cow onesie. You can read the whole sorry tale below, but …

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