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I try to stick to cricket and history. The fact I am a District Councillor and a Treasurer of two churches means life is pretty full!

Romans called it Niffy Cracum
Joined August 2010
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Just finished watching 'Heartbeat' on ITV3. Appearing were Dickie Bird, Brian Close and Raymond Illingworth, but also Martin Bicknell....and the next episode written by Peter Gibbs (Oxford University and Derbyshire). All on a February evening!
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“We're wasting time and damaging our credibility by dealing with a bully." “We could add £25 billion to our economy if we had a customs union with the EU.” @timfarron
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This man must be protected at all costs 💛 @EdwardJDavey #bbcelections
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When in Italy 🇮🇹, never trust your GPS! This is exactly what happened to a couple of tourists this week in Bosa, Sardinia
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Wisden 2025 (the 162nd) arrived a few minutes ago. My thoughts on the "Fox" in the Meet at Grace Road are on page 88...Happy distracted next few days!
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She is beautiful, and maybe sees through the noise and sees those who genuinely want the best for our country? (Remember, David Blunkett's dog disliked Putin!)
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RETWEET if you stand with President Zelensky!
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🇨🇦 CANADA FLAG GIVEAWAY 🇨🇦 We’ve decided to giveaway 🔟 Canada flags in honour of the 60th anniversary of the Canadian flag! To Enter: 1. FOLLOW @MadelnCanada 2. LIKE ❤️ & RT 🔄 this tweet. 3. Reply what province you’re from! The flags are 100% made in Canada 🍁
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Thread of the world's most beautiful towns and villages at Christmas 🧵 1. Locorotondo, Italy
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Snickers is the Thai street dog who brought me a gift every single day when I fed her. Today was a very special day for her as we were giving her the news that every single dog in the world deserves. Nobody deserves it more… (1/8)
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On this day, at around this time in 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the USA was assassinated. I think those of us who were around then remember what we were doing. Few moments in our lives hold that memory.
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Wise words indeed from a grand north Yorkshireman!
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Tim Farron, "The unpleasantness about this debate is only matched by the lack of proper information" #BBCQT "85% of refugees settle in the country next to where they come from" "The French take 3x more refugees than we do" "The Germans take 4x more refugees than we do" "If you put us back in the European Union, we are 19th in the league table when it comes to the number of refugees we take per capita" "Do we need deterrents? Yes. The best deterrents is competence. If we assess people when they arrive - and they are not illegal immigrants - they are people seeking asylum.. From Sudan.. Afghanistan.. Iran.. Syria.. 90%+ turn out to be genuine refugees" "If we have a competent government, and we haven't had one, let's see about this one.. And you assess them quickly.. And return the ones that are not refugees" "That is your deterrent" "Rwanda was a waste of money.. If they spent that money on case workers we could have processed these people, returned the ones that weren't refugees in a humane way, and let th eones who are genuine refugees, become British, pay their taxes, be part of our country, and we should be proud to admit them" Very well said @timfarron 👏
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Cripes!
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On the day when a @leicsccc left arm quick might have made his debut for England, I received a phone call from the son of a similar bowler for the county of the '50s, Jeff Goodwin. Here is his cap and ball with which he took 8 for 81 against Sussex in 1956..and an 8 wicket win!
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Would you believe it, the left arm quick is likely to make his debut tomorrow. Good luck Josh Hull, and not forgetting the contribution of Dean Headley..and the last Stamfordian to be capped, MJK Smith!
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Strangely enough this popped up this morning....and I saw a delightful performance @KHTheatre last evening. Thank you. And we weren't cold, the show and setting was so perfect.
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The Marsh Family hitting the right note
Some musical notes about National Service, by kids aged 12, 14, 16, 17 🎶 Dedicated to @brianmoore666's daughter & all teenagers who volunteer/work/serve. Not dedicated to Hamish de Bretton-Gordon If you like our stuff, there's 3 Kickstarter days left 👉shorturl.at/3zW0d
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By my reckoning, Nas Na Riogh on 13th May @KillarneyRaces was @rachaelblackmor 500th winner in Ireland. Anyone else agree?
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Does that bowling action remind you of someone? 😮‍💨 #CricketTwitter
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