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Treasure trove of village life

PUBLISHER Chris Keeling – who does the popular Fish-It angling series – has gone into the nostalgia market.

A new photographic book, Dinnington Days Gone By, (Arc, 8.99) has been produced by the local history society led by Roy Newman and Pam Cook.

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They've turned up a treasure trove of old photos, some loaned by local people, which show Dinnington and the surrounding villages from a century ago.

Now that's what I call a hard drive

HEARD the one about the young driver who used her laptop when driving?

She was spotted by a Diary spy in two lines of traffic on Greasborough Street last Wednesday with the computer balanced on the steering wheel.

It's one up on using a mobile phone.

So here's to you Mrs Robinson

PIERS Morgan interviewed Anne Robinson on TV's They Can't Sack Me I'm Famous last week, recalling her journalistic career on the Daily Mail.

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Unaccountably they showed footage from The Star. She never, ever worked here

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NATIONAL Children's Homes are looking for volunteers to help them raise funds with a 10,000 ft parachute jump on Saturday, October 27.

Call Mary Shearn on 0114 230 4989 or e-mail [email protected]

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