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June 2025 First Sunday
Dear loiterers Its First Sunday this Sunday and so time for us to wander together once again. The LRM will be gathering on Sunday June 1st at 2pm outside The Peoples History Museum, corner of Left Bank and Bridge Street M3 3ER. We will go for a comm...
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