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Model Houses

Searching her mind for Christmas present ideas, housewife Val Moir had the inspiration of giving her two grown-up sons eight-inch-high miniature replicas of their houses. Encouraged by her pottery tutor, she made a miller’s cottage for one and a pretty Victorian house for the other.
They were so pleased that Val decided to turn her [...]

On Roller Skates from Land’s End to John o’ Groats

From Hobby to the Book of Records
Steve Fagan, a young man of 20, covered the distance of 1488 kilometres between these two geographical extremities of the British Isles on roller skates. It took him 9 days, 10 hours and 25 minutes, at an average of 157 kilometres a day.