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	<title>John &#38; Janet</title>
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	<description>John &#38; Janet — The Last Chapter</description>
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		<title>Ceramic Marks Tell A Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Janet can still recall her first ceramic purchase, it was a Shelley Tall Trees Bowls which she spotted in a local antique shop. This 1920s design of black trees set against a white background with a bright yellow sun caught her eye, it stimulated a long lasting passion for collecting Shelley Porcelain. Janet, soon found that like most ceramic enthusiasts she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnandjanet.co.uk/2011/11/28/ceramic-marks-tell-a-story/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;B&#8217; is for Beswick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Beswick company was established in Staffordshire in the 1920s, originally it produced table wares and ornaments such as Staffordshire cats and dogs. By the 1930s it was producing high quality china figurines,  farm animals, horses and dogs,the famous flying ducks which once were considered vulgar have now became popular collector&#8217;s items. Disney characters and Beatrix Potter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnandjanet.co.uk/2011/11/27/b-is-for-beswick/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;A&#8217; is For Aynsley China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Janet has a passion for ceramics, she has been adding pieces to her collection for a number of years. Occasionally as her tastes have changed and when space has been at a premium she has reluctantly sold certain items. John has often argued that if there was a fire, the ceramics would always be Janet&#8217;s first priority, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnandjanet.co.uk/2011/11/25/a-is-for-aynsley-china/</link>
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		<title>Janet and John have been busy doing nothing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Janet and John have settled into their new home, apart from arranging the furniture there has been little for John to do. He has done what is  expected of retired people, taken up golf, socialized with neighbours, gone out for meals and basically withdrawn from the stresses that are associated with employment, but is he happy? For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnandjanet.co.uk/2011/11/02/janet-and-john-have-been-busy-doing-nothing/</link>
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		<title>Janet and Her Aynsley Butterfly Handle Design Tea Set</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Janet has been collecting, or hoarding ceramics as John says for many years, she was recently asked which item or design she most cherished. The inspiration for collecting fine china started when she came across a Shelley tall trees dish in a local Antique shop, from the moment she brought it home, unwrapped it and put [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnandjanet.co.uk/2011/04/24/janet-and-her-aynsley-butterfly-handle-design-tea-set/</link>
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		<title>Janet has stripped to the waist!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Janet has been to see her Doctor and as per her last couple of visits, he continued to tap away at his computer,  not looking at her and not showing any inclination to leave the security  provided by his desk. Janet did wonder if perhaps at some point he would take on a Little Britain persona and say &#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnandjanet.co.uk/2011/03/08/janet-has-been-stripped-to-the-waist/</link>
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		<title>Janet has bought a Mouse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Janet has bought a mouse but not just any old mouse this is a piece from the famous Robert &#8216;Mouseman&#8217;Thompson of Kilburn, Yorkshire who was a prolific furniture maker in the 1930&#8242;s producing  traditional handcrafted english oak furniture. He used a mouse as his signature and trademark, hence the nickname.  &#8216;Mouseman&#8217; furniture www.robertthompsons.co.uk has since become recognised as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnandjanet.co.uk/2011/03/03/janet-has-bought-a-mouse/</link>
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		<title>Janet wants hours of endless fun with the Beatles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much to John&#8217;s horror Janet has started collecting something other than ceramics, first it was the Janet and John Books which he felt were OK as they were part of his childhood, were rather nostalgic and didn&#8217;t take up much room. Now she has started a record collection, which she said was an attempt to replace some of John&#8217;s old [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnandjanet.co.uk/2011/02/24/janet-wants-to-spend-the-night-with-the-beatles/</link>
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		<title>Janet and John are in love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Janet knew there was someone else when John started leaving the house every day, when questioned about where he was going , his response was always the same, he was just popping out. John suspected there was someone else when he heard Janet making a droning noise which he could by some stretch of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnandjanet.co.uk/2011/02/24/janet-and-john-are-in-love/</link>
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		<title>Janet and John are waiting for the best Christmas Present ever!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Janet and John are ready and waiting for the fat man in the red suit to arrive, normally on Christmas eve Janet would be in full flight muttering &#8221;bah humbug&#8221; to anyone willing to listen. Janet thinks Christmas has become rather obscene but John quite enjoys the whole drinking and eating experience and tries to ignore the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnandjanet.co.uk/2010/12/24/janet-and-john-are-waiting-for-the-best-christmas-present-ever/</link>
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