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Welcome to my home town: Eastbourne doesn’t deserve its ‘God’s waiting room’ rep
Jeannine Williamson
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During lockdown, many of us made the pilgrimage back to our family homes – and rediscovered them through fresh eyes. Part guide, part love letter, “
” is a new series in which we celebrate where we’re from. After all, it could be a while before we can go anywhere else…
If I had a penny for every time someone had responded with “I thought only old people lived there” after I’d revealed my hometown, I’d have a porker-size piggy bank fit to burst. Despite gritting my teeth (all my own, by the way), the opening gambit has now worn tissue-paper thin. ....

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