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Summer holiday activities guide

Looking for things to do in the summer school holidays? We've got the best advice from grandparents in our developments.

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Publishing her first novel in her 70s

Retirement stories: publishing your first fiction novel as a 72 year-old grandmother of three is quite a coup

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World Book Day

Homeowner enters short story competition for World Book Day and captures the humorous side of her time as a young chambermaid in the early 1960s.

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Thanks for the memoirs

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Never Too Late To Learn Something New

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Book swap for Norfolk retirement community

A Retirement Living development in Norfolk is offering free books to swap to encourage reading in the local community in Harleston.

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Be positive

Looking after your mind, body and soul.

Build The Imagination
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Build The Imagination

McCarthy & Stone has donated £500 to Farnham Common Community Library.

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Bringing Children's Books To Life

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