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"Christmas Limbo" This is so me :)
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Winter Walk We were not alone
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Boxing Day Trip Out To walk off all that Christmas tucker - a few hours were spent at the Annual Boxing Day Car Show at Romsey: followed by a spot of retail therapy and light refreshment in the delightful village of Stockbridge. Someone arrived in style for lunch
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Merry Christmas to you all xxx
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Winter Solstice today and only 4 more sleeps
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My favourite - delivering presents
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Jane Austen Famous novelist, Jane Austen, was born this day in 1775 in Winchester, Hampshire.  Her novels have been turned into successful films such as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.  Here are a few women who have played in these films: Kate Winslet - Sense and Sensibility 1995 Emma Thompson - Sense and Sensibility 1995 Gwyneth Paltrow - Emma 1996 Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice 2005 Rosamund Pike - Pride & Prejudice 2005 Judy Dench -Pride & Prejudice 2005 Lily James - Pride & Prejudice 2016 Kate Beckinsale - Love & Friendship 2016 and who can forget Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice:
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ITS XMAS! Yesterday we played to the staff at The Old Fire Station  which went down really well.  Today we are at the main Talbot Campus playing to the students.  Please come along and help raise money for such a good cause. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
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Baby It's Cold Outside Ida Van Munster
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Someone wouldn't be my fairy at the top of the tree
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Christmas Festivities officially begin - First Xmas Lunch Today :)
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Christine Keeler Former English model, showgirl who was at the centre of the famous 1963 "Profumo" affair has died at the age of 75. Photograph by Lewis Morley
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Most of the Christmas shopping completed today followed by a cheesy Christmas film on TV - not bad at all :)
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HMS Invincible Saturday afternoon was spent viewing material from the wreck of HMS Invincible.  The ship was built in France in 1744 and captured by the British on the 3rd May1747.  Bournemouth University has been assisting the Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust with the recovery, conversation and display of finds from the wreck which is located in The Solent.
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Only 3 weeks before Christmas holidays start
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Christmas Hits Sung by Women It was said that this song was supposed to have been sung by Ronnie Spector but she was not able to put in as much emotion as the song required.  In 2010, Rolling Stone ranked this song first for The Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Songs. 1963 Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You was released on 1st November 1994. Santa Baby was originally sung by Eartha Kitt in 1963.  Madonna and Kylie have also had hits with this as well. My Christmas Tree - The Supremes 1965 1987 Jinge Bells - En Vogue 2002 2017