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flâneur
/flaˈnəː/
Loosely translated from the French as "a person who roams around, deliberately aimless, just observing life."
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The most successful country in the Eurovision song contest??
You guessed it - I am now in Ireland, for the next 10 days. Yesterday was spent visiting Windsor Castle (the oldest and largest occupied...
johnff750
Jul 24, 2024
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The oldest pub in England
On Thursday I made the 2 1/2 hour drive to Nottingham to catch up with Nick Swann for lunch at the Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem - which...
johnff750
Jul 20, 2024
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Rolls & Royce met here
This is also where Ernest Rutherford split the atom at Manchester University in 1917. Kellogg’s largest factory of cornflakes is situated...
johnff750
Jul 18, 2024
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"Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout" - in Liverpool
I went to Liverpool to find what I could about the cotton trade. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Liverpool was the centre...
johnff750
Jul 17, 2024
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