Postmaster Jerry Brown certainly hopes so. “Christmas subsidises the rest of the year for us,” the Suffolk local tells Big Issue. “I say subsidise – we couldn’t survive without a big boost in trade in

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“Everybody seems to die at Christmas, or there’s an explosion. You can’t just have a Christmas where you sit around and something wonderful happens. Unless it’s a baby.” Cheryl Fergison played lovably

TO Jon’s surprise, Mr Pringle agreed to speak to him in the snug. Once they were seated there, Jon spoke quietly. “I’m a stranger here, and I want to keep an open mind. “So it would help if you could

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