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    RE: Country Hair

    by flobster 07 May 2012

    >Were Adrian Mole's grandparents from Suffolk? The quiet potato farmers who used to send him one pound gift certificates for his birthday?…

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    RE: Country Hair

    by ranjon 06 May 2012

    " "It's a good job you're a big lad," he said, "or I'd have had you". Which is a strange thing to say, isn't it? " Suffolk Pub humour!…

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    RE: Country Hair

    by MachoToughGuy 06 May 2012

    Lol, England is hardly a rural country. You talk about Suffolk as if it's some backwater in the middle of Kansas. English people don't…

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    RE: Country Hair

    by barbi 06 May 2012

    +Simon Le Bon style bouffants in grey seem to be very popular, often paired with a Genghis Khan moustache+ Ooooh lovely! I bet you're…

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    Country Hair

    by Chi_Rup 06 May 2012

    I have been living in Suffolk for two weeks now and can't fail to notice that many of the elderly locals have very interesting hair. …

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    RE: Stand up all who don't have a holiday on Monday

    by Chi_Rup 04 May 2012

    I've got a day off! And stuck out here in Suffolk I literally have no idea what I will do.

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    RE: A spinster's settling song

    by Chi_Rup 02 May 2012

    A LEGEND more or less! Spelly just pretends to be jealous, it's a game she plays. I'm staying in a house in Suffolk with a hot tub in…

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    RE: More space issues

    by Snow_White 12 April 2012

    I got rid of about 7 big bags of clothes about a year ago, and still have loads. I'm currently trying (slightly) to do something about…

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    RE: London meet up call

    by Snow_White 02 April 2012

    > c. i should hang out on yc more often. clearly all the dirt is there. Yeah, I never knew Peter Mandelson posted there either! I'm…

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    RE: Essex vs. Manchester

    by Maestro 30 March 2012

    As everyone has pointed out, Manchester is +much+ bigger than Colchester. Therefore it will have much more going on. However, Colchester…

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    Festivals

    by Chi_Rup 28 March 2012

    [Dreadful arent they?|http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/new-festival-aimed-directly-at-twats-201203285064/] I'm doing an arty…

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    Re: Luba's

    by michaeljm 19 March 2012

    My wife and I first met Luba and her husband Arthur Everrit on our honeymoon to Corfu in 1979 and became good friends.We visited them…

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    RE:

    by natashazoe 13 March 2012

    +They didn't have 'travellers' when I lived there (which was a while ago)+ There were travellers in our rural Suffolk village in 1985…

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    RE: Japan should be forced to become multicultural

    by flobster 27 February 2012

    I'm surprised that this is even an issue. It's surely obvious as dog's balls that the Hebrides in 1800 had a different culture to Suffolk…

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    RE: Chocolate cake

    by leela3000 27 February 2012

    When I was in my teens, we went to stay with some American friends who lived on a USAF base in Suffolk. Of course, all their food was…

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    RE: norfolk broads--canoe and b&b

    by Copepod 19 February 2012

    You'll have difficulty finding white water anywhere in East Anglia, particularly Norfolk Broads (apart from artificial white water sites…

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    RE: Working Class.

    by Chi_Rup 15 February 2012

    I had bacon and scrambled egg. Second best bacon I've ever tasted, here in Wales. The best is in Suffolk. I don't mean to be rude,…

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    RE: Military bases I've been on

    by leela3000 11 February 2012

    US airbases at Mildenhall and Lakenheath, in Suffolk, UK. We had some American friends who lived on the Mildenhall base and stayed with…

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    RE: what is your favourite english county?

    by Chi_Rup 29 January 2012

    Devon is great! I had the best cooked breakfast of my life in Suffolk, but appreciate that was probably down to an individual rather…

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    RE: what is your favourite english county?

    by pinchaque 29 January 2012

    Yorkshire = 4 different counties. For me Cumbria or N. Yorks or Suffolk or London.

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    RE: Daytrip from London starting 18h and back next morning 11h - suggestions ?

    by Maestro 15 January 2012

    I always recommend [Lavenham|http://www.discoverlavenham.co.uk/] in Suffolk. It's a beautiful old village, with some nice pubs. I've…

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    RE: Quiet, romantic January weekend - hour or so from Stansted airport!

    by Maestro 04 January 2012

    Lavenham in Suffolk is the perfect place for you. A beautiful village with lots of history. I've always wanted to stay at the [Swan|http:/…

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    Re: Quiet, romantic January weekend - hour or so from Stansted airport!

    by rachelt01 04 January 2012

    Thanks for taking the time to comment - I've checked out the places you all recommended. I laughed at the Essex comment - I'm sure there…

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    Kiteboarding at Felixstowe

    by photojournal 20 December 2011

    Hi everyone, As a follow up to my post [Kiteboarding at Brancaster|http://www.harryfew.com/2011/10/kiteboarding-at-brancaster/] I though…

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    RE: Sick to the stomach

    by cymraes74 10 December 2011

    Sorry, off topic but... +'anyone who was from another part of the UK or gasp from another part of Britain'+ Huh? +'another part of…

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