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a strange mix
a strange mix

A Scottish fish and chip shop did something rather odd…

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Gary Bastin15 January 2025
The Real Deal
The Real Deal

It was valued at an eye-watering £1,000,000…

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Gary Bastin8 January 2025
Happy New Year
Happy New Year

I’ve stopped staying up until midnight…

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Gary Bastin1 January 2025
Christmas Joy?
Christmas Joy?

Is Joy just a Christmas feeling…

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Gary Bastin26 December 2024
O Holy Child of Bethlehem
O Holy Child of Bethlehem

I have done all my Christmas shopping…

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Gary Bastin18 December 2024
Christmas lights
Christmas lights

I plugged them in, and to my amazement they all worked…

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Gary Bastin11 December 2024
Band Aid at 40
Band Aid at 40

It’s 40 years since ‘Do they know it’s Christmas?’ was recorded…

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Gary Bastin4 December 2024
Manifest
Manifest

Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year for 2024 is…

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Gary Bastin27 November 2024
Tongue taming
Tongue taming

A disagreement had broken out and turned nasty…

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Gary Bastin20 November 2024
Remember
Remember

It can happen to me in the middle of the night…

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Gary Bastin13 November 2024
Help!
Help!

These days I avoid it, wherever I can…

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Gary Bastin6 November 2024
Life after death
Life after death

They were not afraid of death…

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Gary Bastin30 October 2024
Marathon
Marathon

This peanut filled snack is being branded as a ‘retro’ edition…

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Gary Bastin23 October 2024
Tuned in
Tuned in

God spoke to her and told her to go to our church…

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Gary Bastin16 October 2024
They will all know me
They will all know me

You never quite know what is going to happen in God’s presence…

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Gary Bastin9 October 2024
Contentment
Contentment

Our lives will be so much better with the upgrade...

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Gary Bastin2 October 2024
We're going to need a bigger car
We're going to need a bigger car

Could I get my drum kit in?

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Gary Bastin25 September 2024
The Little Things
The Little Things

There have been some surprising moments...

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Gary Bastin18 September 2024
Blessing
Blessing

I love the idea of God blessing someone...

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Gary Bastin11 September 2024
Are we there yet?
Are we there yet?

The game changer was a portable DVD player...

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Gary Bastin4 September 2024
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The Sarum Hill Centre, Sarum Hill,
Basingstoke, England, RG21 8SR,
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