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Jun 14Liked by Emma Lee-Potter

Thank you. Recently having found him via a Fb page I went to Bolton to meet up with a lad I met on my first day of nursery class. Hadn’t seen him for 60+ years as the school we attended asked him not to come back. We shared memories

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Thanks so much, John. I'm intrigued to know why your friend was asked not to come back!

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Smashing topic that you could easily expand I

Into a chapter in your memoirs! I find it oddly painful to reflect on friendships dating feom childhood but subsequently forgotten

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Thanks Colin! It was a bit alarming to look back over my first decade and not remember anyone - until Peggy, of course!

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Jun 14Liked by Emma Lee-Potter

Those stinging lessons! In my memory we jumped in them multiple times and, in the end, they lost the power to sting us. I'm sure there must be a scientific research paper on that topic somewhere - how to beat nettles at their own game.

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I think this is a thing! After a while your body produces antihistamines and nettles lose their stinging power over you. I keep seeing reels of people stinging themselves on purpose as a natural hayfever remedy

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That's fascinating, Katie. I'm not sure I want to try it though!

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I'm not sure we did beat the stinging nettles at their own game though!

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