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The Green Children of Woolpit

18th February 2025 Going Postal 0

Between Bury St Edmonds and Stowmarket in Suffolk lies the small village of Woolpit, named after the ‘wolf pits’ (or traps) which once were said to exist there. These traps took the form of rectangular [more…]

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Whilst listening to some 70’s era music – the time when music demanded competence – I came across a track by Traffic. I listened and remembered hearing it many years ago and that it was [more…]

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