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Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

I blame my ‘groupie’ tendencies on my mother, who was so upset by Elvis’ death that we had to come home from holiday a week early. As a seven-year-old, it was disappointing to say the least, but by th

Many years ago a friend taught me how to make teddy bears, and I still have a few that are precious to me. But the bear that I treasure the most is a very tiny bear hand stitched by my friend as a spe

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

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Believe us when we say, we are so excited about the new season of the BBC One TV show Great British Sewing Bee! Join us for news, gossip and the chance to share your makes with like-minded people in o