Chilling in Ravenscourt Park

One year to go to three-o…

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July 27th 2008
It was great having Mum and Dad in London for my birthday - even if it was my last one in the twenties! Mum painted me a lovely canvas of an Irish cottage (Joel and I spent a week there over Easter) and Joel gave me some hair straighteners and cooked us pancakes for breakfast. Pat, his Mum, also sent me Pineapple Lumps and a New Zealand t-shirt. (Thanks everyone for your pressies and cards xx) ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more