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Vennels Cafe, Durham
One of the greatest traditions my mother ever passed on to me is that of the ‘Sticky Bun Moment’, the
Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
The first time I really met the Queen, she was in her bedroom. I must have been around 8, perhaps,
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