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The Cost of Living - My Story. by Jenny Fulton When people talk about the cost of living they talk about fuel poverty and food poverty, but what does that actually mean to the average person? I am gonna give you all a little insight to my life in the middle of the cost-of-living crisis. I get Clydesider Editor • Benefits Campaign
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Creativity & Friendship Words and Photos by Jenny Watson Pop into Dalmuir C.E Centre on a Wednesday morning and you will find a hive of creative activity as members of the Wee Scottish Art Group work on their latest artworks. Originally coming from different art groups locally and wider afield, the members, Clydesider Editor • Creative
WDBCS.LHC.2013.A776 Ivory Satin A Short Story by Leslie Hills (1996) My wedding dress. It’s on the top shelf of the cupboard in my bedroom underneath the blankets we discarded when the duvets came in. The box is grey with age and the tissue paper brown and scratchy. I lay it on the Clydesider Editor • Creative
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