Godshill Model Village - Miniature versions of the villages of Godshill and Shanklin. Includes details of the models, photographs, opening times and contact information.
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Love is blind and marriage is the institution for the blind.
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I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.
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Saying that Windows95 is equal to Macintosh is like finding a potato that looks like Jesus and
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