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Mum's birthday,

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May 5th 2010
happy birthday! Today Mum is 85. So Alex and I took a cake to be eaten with coffee, and Dad provided some fizz to be drunk afterwards, and a good time was had by all! After that, Alex and I took a sandwhich up to a wild spot of common land, where several cuckoos were heard. And now we're off to Welshpool to collect a takeaway curry for tea. ... 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