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Late Lunch Friday May 7th 2021

Absentmindedness happens everyone from time to time - no need to worry and there are ways to beat it as Dr Sabina Brennan explained. Fifty years on and Ruby O'Kelly has released a marvellous cover of John Lennon's Imagine with an important message. Anne Griffin's Listening Still, a follow up to her best-selling first novel, hits all the right notes with Gerry. Leon Blanche did his sporting thing, we heard another classic from Artist of the Week Petula Clark, our Riddle on Friday foxed many and getting a slot to shop in Pennys was perplexing our Louise

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    01:13:27|
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    01:09:25|
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    01:05:10|
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    01:09:02|
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