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      <title>Sir Andrew Aldridge [Signature #92]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3894297?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sir Andrew Aldridge, Sarfend<p>Bring back the old Grand</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:42:42 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr phil lodge [Signature #91]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr phil lodge<p>It`s a ghost town now.It needs a total refit and more staff as allways</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:24:08 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Dan Vaux-Nobes [Signature #90]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Dan Vaux-Nobes, leigh on sea<p>The Grand is a Landmark in the town - a gorgeous building.<br />
I can&#039;t believe it&#039;s been run into the ground as much as it has. Leigh is an affluent area, why not refurbish it as boutique Hotel (Therea are none in the area), a Restaurant and some nice bars with space for function rooms.</p>

<p>What a waste.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:07:16 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Anonymous [Signature #89]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:00:26 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Sonia Symons [Signature #88]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 4 Nov 2007 04:53:07 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Lak Sandhu [Signature #87]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Lak Sandhu<p>Who owns this place now?</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 3 Nov 2007 03:12:25 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #86]</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2007 09:34:54 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Carly Bradley [Signature #85]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:53:26 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Shan Borgartz [Signature #84]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:36:53 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms E Smith [Signature #83]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms E Smith<p>What about using the garden at the back for smoking?? How about if we all promise to be very quiet(!)</p>

<p>And if you must have people demonstrating their musical abilities downstairs then stick the karaoke machine on a skip &amp; let people knock out a tune on the old joanna in the back bar like they used to (sniff)</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:52:23 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #82]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous<p>I was disgusted to see the Grand have stopped serving real ale altogether.  Kronenbourg, the most palatable of the meagre range of lagers left, is served warm for a mere &pound;3.05 a pint by staff who appear to care even less about the pub than its patrons.  The toilets were overflowing too, so the whole downstairs stank of faecal matter.  And since when has the Grand needed bouncers on the door? We need someone to buy out the Grand and restore it to its former glory, before it collapses altogether.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:29:41 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Hannah Dawkins [Signature #81]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Hannah Dawkins, Leigh<p>Some of my clearest childhood memories are of that garden in the back of the funny walking posts you could climb along, the steps to take you back down to the pub and now it is just a dumping waste ground with a wall that is slowly falling down that builders use to nick bricks from. It&#039;s all so wrong, the management should pull their fingers out and realise what the potential is and sort it out.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:32:20 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr DARREN LOCK [Signature #80]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr DARREN LOCK, Leigh on Sea]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:30:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Erik Hudson [Signature #79]</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:06:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Elizabeth Dixon [Signature #78]</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:05:44 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Gemma Mitchell [Signature #77]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Gemma Mitchell<p>Its mainly the toilets that i don&#039;t like! Please revamp them do it doesn&#039;t feel like you&#039;re going in a really grotty cardboard box!!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:17:35 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Tania Mason [Signature #76]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:25:45 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr James Crabb [Signature #75]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:17:12 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Chris Richardson [Signature #74]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Chris Richardson, Benfleet<p>The Grand has always been pretty bad, but lately its turned into a complete dive.</p>

<p>I dont think we really need a petition - the managers will take action anyway when they realize all their punters are going elsewhere.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:39:08 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Michael Rynn [Signature #73]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Michael Rynn<p>Totally agree, that pub has sunk down to new depths that were not imaginable a year ago.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:59:29 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Sam Mcdonagh [Signature #72]</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:48:35 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms C Wardle [Signature #71]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms C Wardle, London<p>It&#039; just so bad there now, so, so bad...and slighly threatening.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:30:02 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Dom Maguire [Signature #70]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Dom Maguire<p>Sort out the &#039;Worst Pub In Leigh&#039; and maybe you&#039;ll get a few in. Oh and could you clean it.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:05:56 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr lee waymont [Signature #69]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr lee waymont, leigh on sea<p>...and while your at it, get the &quot;trainspotting&quot; like toilets sorted, the worst toilets in britain</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:48:36 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Richard Applin [Signature #68]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Richard Applin, Leigh on Sea<p>Once a decent???(you know what I mean) place to go, now just an absolute joke.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:42:08 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mrs Isabella Rossi-Dowman [Signature #67]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mrs Isabella Rossi-Dowman<p>What a pikey shit hole that place has become; not been in ages.  It has become progressively worse over the years and is now utter toilet.  Anyone with a modicum of self respect gave it a wide birth long ago.  Get a decent management in there that actually aims to please and serve the customer and you may well find people start returning..... i will get off my soap box now...<br />
thank you!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:58:58 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Andrew Humphris [Signature #66]</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:44:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr konrad bigg [Signature #65]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr konrad bigg, leigh-on-sea<p>although more money is actually finding its&#039; way into the till, this matters little when a nights takings amount to &pound;46.50p.<br />
the management are clearly incapable of organising a piss up in a brewery. what happened to the brilliant bar staff of old. the ones who knew your name (ray, clair, sean, lister, les and louise), the ones who had your drink poured moments before you stepped inside?<br />
something must be done. be it a petition, a rally or a divine rain to wash away all the....</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:25:26 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss jodie Moakes [Signature #64]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss jodie Moakes, Southend on Sea]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:56:14 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Stephen Maltby [Signature #63]</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:43:57 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Jeremy Shaw [Signature #62]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Jeremy Shaw, Leigh on sea<p>The Grand used to be my favourite Leigh pub,just give us decent seating,beer and service and the custom WILL come back.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 8 Aug 2007 03:16:15 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>MIss J Gilson [Signature #61]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MIss J Gilson, Leigh on sea]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:43:25 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #60]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous<p>Bring back the true grand that we all loved</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:19:44 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Steve Crancher [Signature #59]</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:53:11 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Katie Bridgeman [Signature #58]</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:35:19 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr James Harris [Signature #57]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr James Harris, hadleigh<p>I 100% agree xxxxxxx</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:13:01 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Neil Metcalf [Signature #56]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Neil Metcalf, Leigh<p>El Grando used to be scummy, smelly but good - now it is scummy, smelly and shit!!</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Sam Billingham [Signature #55]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:13:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Stephen King [Signature #54]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2007 05:11:12 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr david leigh [Signature #53]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr david leigh, Leigh On Sea<p>What should be the hub of Leigh has been turned into a dive run by inefficient management, Spend some money on a refurb and decent management, now !</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Miss Kate Cannon [Signature #52]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2007 02:58:56 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Lloyd Williams [Signature #51]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2007 02:27:26 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mrs vikki scales [Signature #50]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2007 02:22:43 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Nikki Sandhu [Signature #49]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Aug 2007 03:11:17 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #48]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Aug 2007 01:58:02 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr steve wand [Signature #47]</title>
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      <title>Miss Hayley Webb [Signature #46]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Hayley Webb<p>Why are we sitting in the car park when there&#039;s a perfectly good garden?</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Aug 2007 05:32:09 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Sarah Mayhead [Signature #45]</title>
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      <title>mr Paul Restall [Signature #44]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr Paul Restall<p>The Grand reminds me of Nottingham Forrest football club. A club with past glory and loved by many, but presently they are shite. i say get Nick Radford (young Dirty Den Watts) as honorary landlord and sort the place out. VOTE NICK!!</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Ryan Ward [Signature #43]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Ryan Ward, Southend<p>My group of close friends will no longer drink in the Grand until we see the management changing its policy on &#039;Theme Nights&#039; and DJ&#039;s</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Miss Nicola Hall [Signature #42]</title>
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      <title>Mr Nicholas Caulkett [Signature #41]</title>
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      <title>Ms Anonymous [Signature #39]</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2007 07:28:59 UTC</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Antonia Marshall, Leigh on Sea<p>The grand used to be such a fun individual place to go. Now it is a place to avoid. The doormen are awful.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Barry Shrimpton [Signature #32]</title>
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<p>Used to be a regular here, no chance anymore...I am just one of many I suspect.</p>]]></description>
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<p>BRING BACK THE JUKEBOX...if i wanna hear said scummers singing on a karaoke machine, out of tune, i&#039;ll go to the Carlton pub instead....<br />
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FOSTERS...Its always flat... across the road in the Mariners... their fosters must be made by a different brewery because it has some &quot;life&quot; to it</p>]]></description>
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<p>Today it is full to the brim with little wide boy c***s who should head down to the sea-front Arcades where all the other bottom feeders hang out.....you see there is a place in society for all of us and the Grand should not be theirs!</p>

<p>At the moment I&#039;d rather spend an evening playing Scrabble with than drink there.......BRING BACK THE GLORY DAYS......BRING BACK THE OLD GRAND!!!!!!!</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 1 Aug 2007 03:34:12 UTC</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:40:34 UTC</pubDate>
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What used to have a certain dirty charm now just stinks.<br />
Do something to the bloody garden!!!</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:07:31 UTC</pubDate>
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