Out for a duck

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It was an unusual sort of first date for Morag and James . . .

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The People's Friend Special Magazine

22 March, 2023

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A little bird told me

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Good tidings we bring

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A season for suspects

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Wild at heart

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Home truths

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At windlow hill

RUTH climbed the narrow path to Windlow Hill. She had a canvas bag in one hand and her mother’s old cardigan tucked under the other. Below, the village looked almost as it had in her childhood – white

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