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LOOKS LIKE LOTS more locks OF LOVE LOVE grows in Greenwich Park. Reader Chris Forrest sent us these before and after pictures of the locks on the Meridian Line, which we featurs in our February edition. “The collection is growing,” she said. “These are my pictures from November 30 2013 and April 21 this year.” The craze is thought to have begun in Rome around 10 years ago. Padlocks are inscribed with the sweethearts’ initials or a love messages, then locked
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1 Two is the only even prime number. 2 A group of peacocks is called a parliament. 3 The African Rhinoceros has two horns on its head. 4 In the film Fantasia, the sorceror’s name was Yensid. 5 Identical twins have the same fingerprints. 6 Elvis Presley was a black belt in Karate. 7 A rat can survive longer without water than a camel. 8 Charlie Chaplin once won first prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like contest. 9 Rubies and Sapphires are exactly alike except in colour. 10 Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy Answers: 1 True. 2 False (it is a muster). 3 True. 4 True (It is Disney spelt backwards). 5 False. 6 True. 7 True. 8 False (though he did come third in one). 9 True. 10 True.
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admit now to a feeling of confusion. I would become the laughing-stock of the Mall if I became embroiled in fisticuffs with a Dalmatian. Besides, His Majesty’s love of dogs is well-known. “Great costume,” said this man to me, “What’s your charity?” This was a gross insult as I paid for my coat and wig myself and can show receipts. Before I could berate the fellow a large crowd of runners swept me along and I was borne some hundred yards before falling out and collapsing in exhaustion by the kerb. here a woman of kindly mien did offer me a drink. The cup was most flimsy but I accepted with grace, only to spit out the liquid. “You make a gentleman drink water?” I cried, “You must be a foul Puritan!” I went home with my temper and cravat sorely ruffled. However, the town has not fallen to Dutchmen nor succumbed to the Puritans nor been overrun by giant hounds. But it will be some time before I venture back to the river.
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