Month: November 2025
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By HILARY GAVIN CHARITY, they say, begins at home and it’s a proverb that I have, on the whole, equated with selfishness in my life. Saying that, I’ve begun to view this short truism in a different light over the past two years as our modern-day individualistic society continues to eschew the extended family in…
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By HILARY GAVIN IT APPEARS winter is setting in here in Hunston, West Sussex, as it was rather nippy today, and wet. Sadly, I didn’t film yesterday’s scheduled Hunston Parish Council meeting so I’m not sure if the councillors were able to make a quorate for proceedings to go ahead at the annexe of our…
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By HILARY GAVIN NOW we’re all aware that a “dutiful” Brownie or Girl Guide should “Be Prepared” for every eventuality in life – which is why I’d like to share a secret with you, I was never an exemplary Girl Guide in the early Seventies – in fact I was the polar opposite as “they”…