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Heart massage (CPR) by Vinnie Jones
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Blaze »
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I've just done 5 days as an SNSM Aide Formateur for the first part of the team first aid course PSE1 (state diploma as practised by the pompiers)....
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Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:03 am
UK Passport Expiry
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niemeyjt »
Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:43 pm
Does anyone know definitively whether one now requires six months validity on a UK Passport to enter France?
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Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:24 pm
Jokes
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Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:30 pm
How can you have a new forum without a jokes thread?
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Fri Nov 07, 2025 7:12 am
Beaver Moon
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Thu Nov 06, 2025 4:22 pm
Did anyone get a glimpse last night?
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Fri Nov 07, 2025 6:05 am
Passport question again
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hughnique »
Thu Nov 06, 2025 2:07 pm
I know it's been broached several times before but it is getting a bit confusing to an old non technical. Evidently the photos produced by a French...
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Thu Nov 06, 2025 5:05 pm
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Sat Nov 01, 2025 11:13 pm
What are you listening to
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Char »
Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:18 pm
I love this - this chaps voice is tremendous - don't be put of by the picture remember appearances can be deceptive.
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Last post by RobertArthur
Fri Oct 31, 2025 9:39 am
RIP Jilly Cooper
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Blaze »
Mon Oct 06, 2025 12:39 pm
Very sad news - I read all her hilarious horsey books and loved them. In her interviews, she sounded fun, very down to earth and always ready for a...
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Last post by Bayleaf
Mon Oct 06, 2025 1:10 pm
Passport renewal
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hughnique »
Sat Oct 04, 2025 8:29 am
I feel sure this subject was covered a few weeks ago but unable to find it, anyway I need to apply, hopefully on line, for a renewal of our...
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Last post by Blaze
Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:43 am
Cost of living
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Blaze »
Wed Sep 24, 2025 9:58 am
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French Hotels Dirty?
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Spectrum »
Sun Sep 28, 2025 9:30 am
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Last post by exile
Sun Sep 28, 2025 1:35 pm
Where eagles dare
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RobertArthur »
Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:06 am
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Sat Sep 27, 2025 9:22 pm
RIP Robert Redford
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Blaze »
Tue Sep 16, 2025 2:58 pm
Who doesn't remember him in Butch Cassidy ? What a fantastic actor in so many brilliant films, the Sting, All the Presidents Men, Out of Africa...
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Sat Sep 20, 2025 9:41 am
Flying cars crash in China
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Blaze »
Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:43 am
2 flying cars crashed into each other at an airshow in China (rather unfortunate timing) :lol:
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Last post by Niftyons
Fri Sep 19, 2025 3:31 pm
Peter Mandelson sacked
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Blaze »
Thu Sep 11, 2025 12:10 pm
About time too.
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Thu Sep 11, 2025 2:56 pm
Sail Amsterdam
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Fri Aug 29, 2025 10:31 pm
The time of the season
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RobertArthur »
Thu Aug 28, 2025 9:08 am
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Thu Aug 28, 2025 5:33 pm
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ladies football
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hughnique »
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And so it goes on
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hughnique »
Thu Jul 10, 2025 12:16 pm
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Thu Jul 17, 2025 2:33 pm
seeing things
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Moving back
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Sat Jul 05, 2025 9:51 am
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