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Loved this. I will not play the final link though as it will be in my head all day 😂. (Although just seeing their names made me sing ‘rabbit, rabbit, rabbit’ in my head...)

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Me too 🤣🤣🤣🐇🐇🐰🐰

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Many rabbity apologies to you too! 😂🙉

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🤣🤣🤣🤣

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I know what you mean! Clever song though innit?

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Thank you, Helen! Yes, I loved how this just randomly evolved into a seaside adventure 🍦And well done for saving yourself from the Chas and Dave earworm nightmare I’m currently inhabiting! (Apols for the rabbits though! 😂)

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Oh what a lovely lot of inspired connections Claire. 🌺 I really must take out that NOW TV subscription. 🤔 Nothing will inspire me to watch Chas and Dave though.... 😂

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Thanks Sharon! Glad you enjoyed it, it was fun to put together. There’s definitely a lot of great TV on NOW. And I don’t blame you at all re Chas and Dave! 😂🍦

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No, I wasn’t expecting that scene!! 😂

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Such wonderful and satisfying connections, Claire! We loved Empire of Light and the Larkin poem. Xx

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Thank you 😘 I’m glad you enjoyed my unexpected seaside adventure! Margate even got a mention in the book I’ve been reading over the weekend 💫💫 Empire of Light is just wonderful ... although I managed not to mention that I’ll never look at Colin Firth quite the same way! 😬😂 xx

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My parents used to take us to Margate. It had a nice beach and a great funfair (Dreamland). I went there a few years ago to visit a friend, and it was really run down: mostly boarded up, so it's good to hear that there is some redevelopment going on.

Are you familiar with the Tommy Cooper joke?

I went to Margate for the summer season. A friend of mine told me it was good for rheumatism, so I went there and I got it. 😂

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Yay! Oh I’m very happy to get some non-fictional Margate experiences. I definitely think a lot has happened there in the last few years. I think Dreamland was on the verge of closing at one point and now it’s huge again. And thank you for the excellent joke. I got it! 😂

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I loved reading this! I have fond memories of going to Margate in the late eighties/early nineties for a trip to Dreamland with my sister and mates. Also, I've had Last Orders on my shelves for....oh.... twenty years at least! Still unread!

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Yayyyy!! Do you know, I had it in my head that you might be my best bet of someone who’d actually been to Dreamland!🍦💫 I’m so glad you’ve seen this! 👏🏻 When I saw Last Orders I realised I’d seen it before, but haven’t read the book either. I definitely will as I love his writing in Mothering Sunday so much.

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I never imagined I’d fancy a trip to Margate... but I do know having read your beautiful article! Thank you for sharing 🙏

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Thank you so much Linnhe! I loved my unexpected trip to Margate. I think I’d better organise a Substack day trip! 🍦💛

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