Bulawayo Morning Mirror Edition 975 - 13/5/2022

Between the Sheets

When one requires relief from what is going on around us, solace can always be found by "moping between the sheets" !!

As a child I just loved the fragrance of a freshly laundered bed.

Give me clean crisp sheets, sweet smelling fragrant pillowslips, and freshly laundered bed covers, any day ...... if I could, I would renew my boudoir linen every single day !!!

Mother always insisted that we had clean sheets every week, once a week, come Friday, off with the old and on with the new !!

Aaah ..... Friday nights were exquisite, the pungent smell of "Tide" or "Surf" soap powder, and the smell of the wind and the sun in our sheets (we never had fabric softener in those days !!)

Ironed to perfection, and the bed made with majestic majesty, with mitred corners, stiff military edges, it all added up to sweet dreams and a happy home .....

In the days of yore I recall with fondness our sweet round washing lady Betty , leaning over that giant stone wash basin in the back garden, festooned with white linen and bashing away at the cotton sheets with a large pumice stone !! ( Goodness knows what it did to the sheets but it made them nice and white. )

There was always a box of Robin Starch nearby, you remember the blue and white box with the bright red picture of a robin smiling down at you I often wondered if Betty put starch in the sheets !

A combination of pumice stone, elbow grease and those long green bars of carbolic smelling sunlight soap, and when our sheets were hung on the washing line, one needed ones' sunglasses to admire them fully !!

Things have deteriorated a little in Zimbabwe, with a choice of brown municipal water, or lime-filled borehole water, or no water at all, the sheets have since taken on a dingy grey hue, but who am I to complain when all I have to do is to climb into a freshly made bed with its sheets so lovingly washed by Gogo

Things have deteriorated even further as we travel the world to visit the offspring, I have taken on a new and healthy respect for the kind gentle folk, who over the years, kept me cuddly in fine linen !!

Suddenly when I have to wash the sheets myself ..... I am not so fastidious anymore, when I have to turn my own hand to the laundry .... often the "once a week linen change" will extend to ten days !! (Ssshhhh !!)

Oh oh standards are slipping. slowly but surely !! What on earth would Mother say

It was imperative in our house that the beds were made first thing in the morning. With this rigid training, I would frown at my offspring when I visited them and found tousled sheets after 9 a.m. !!

I would be moritified when one or other of the nearly adult offspring confessed, that sometimes the bed remained unmade ALL DAY !! Shriek how absolutely slatternly that was, I have to confess with pride that, to this day, I have never ever ever climbed into an unmade bed !!

But who on earth was the strange person with the odd sense of humour, who invented the "duvet cover "

Was it a warped person with a peculiar sense of injustice against those physically challenged folk - height wise - like Yours Truly

When we were little, duvet covers were an unheard of luxury, we had to settle for stiff bristly pure cotton Black Rose sheets and interestingly woven blankets of gaudy hues made at National Blankets !!

The blankets were tucked in so tightly that we all developed club feet and knock knees but nobody minded that, (especially on Fridays.)

Mom had been in the WAAC during the Second World War so she gave us skilled instruction on mitred corners and a firm stiff turn down of the sheets !! Nothing less would suffice and woe betide any child who cut corners in the bed making department !!

But if Mom had ever been introduced to a duvet and a duvet cover, I think she would have had a swift military apocalypse !!

"Get hold of the corners', urged SheHoo Must Run who had lived in the First World for long enough to have become a Duvet Diva ...... its easy if you get it done corner by corner.

"Climb inside the Duvet and turn it inside out," insists SheeHoo Must Sing, "its easy if you climb inside and take the corners with you" .....

(they all love duvets cos it makes bed making oh so easy) .....

Well I have tried all types of advice, climbing, cornering, cajoling and coercing.... nothing but nothing will persuade me that the duvet will ever triumph over the simple blankey !!!

I am but a tiny person and HeeHoo likes a Kingsize bed, you try, being two bricks and a tickey tall, forcing a king size duvet into a king size bed cover...... !!

Mother always insisted that sheets should be of pure Gatooma cotton, not a thread or a shred of poly-anything, would be allowed near our bodies in the sweltering heat of a Bulawayo summer night ... "Far too unhealthy" Mother said.

Well, now that I have encountered the vagaries of a duvet cover and a fitted sheet, and I have had to actually IRON them myself, "give me polycotton" I shriek. (quietly so Mother does not hear)

Throw them in the washing machine, throw them in the tumble dryer, and ironing is just not necessary, and those fine linen/cotton combination sheets that need hours and hours of careful steam ironing, can be left to rot in the back of the linen cupboard.

Oh, by the way, I can now heartily concur that a bed should not be changed every week, in fact once month is just too soon !!

P.S. Can anyone from the First World give me a spot of bed making etiquette

Someone said "last person out makes the bed" Now I am fine with that except that in 30 years of married life, I have never ever managed to get out of bed before HeeHoo ..... so I always have to make the darn bed !!

Is there another rule perhaps that I should know about, to get him to make the bed sometimes

Watchdog

Looking for donations to purchase Mini Sewing Machines for the elderly widows and single mums for a community project that Nozizwe Mother Of Nations Trust is working on.

This will allow them to sustain them selves after training in making reusable sanitary wear and face masks for resale.

Each machine costs approx: U$20.
Please contact Heather +263774401601 or Iris Mhlanga +263772241552 ( irismhlanga@gmail.com) if you would like to make a donation.

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2) Condolences/In Memoriam/Wreath Funds

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3) Notices and Events

ZIMBABWE ACADEMY OF MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS BULAWAYO
Tel: 2260684 / 2267195 E-mail: mailto:zam@gatorzw.co.uk

Lessons and teaching have resumed. Fees remain unchanged and full details can be obtained from the office.
Supper will be available before DVD showings but please remember that orders for evening meals must be placed in advance.
Further details from adelaide.muchetu@gmail.com - or phone 0774 004 449 / 0771 048 995.

THURSDAYS 12 & 19 MAY AT 6.30 P.M. LINE OF DUTY: SERIES 5
Tensions rise in the Organised Crime Group and, with troubling questions hanging over the identity of "H", suspicions mount at AC-12 as it makes a shocking discovery.
- Deeper and deeper into Jed Mercurio's pea-soup plot we plunge as the third episode of Line of Duty treats us to one action-packed set piece, several tense exchanges and a shocking twist. [Independent]
- There's misdirection and shocks galore as the series kicks into punishingly high gear. Is any character truly safe [Guardian]
Admission: US$2.00 [free to Film Members]

FRIDAY 13 MAY AT 6.30 P.M. VERDI: IL TROVATORE
Il Trovatore was always one of Herbert von Karajan's favourite operas. He conducted it at the very beginning of his career and once declared in an interview that what he loved about this opera was its archetypal human passions, its compression of highly dramatic situations into the smallest conceivable space and Verdi's genius for translating such situations into music. This 1978 performance features a young Placido Domingo as the eponymous 'trovatore'!
- Fine music-making from a truly glamorous cast and conductor for this Vienna production, directed by Karajan himself in the old-fashioned style. [BBC Music]
- This marvellous performance marked Karajan's long-awaited return to the Vienna State Opera in 1978. Inspired no doubt by the reception he receives on first entering the pit, Karajan is at his most proactive, and the singers react with real conviction to complement their exemplary singing. [MusicWeb International]
- Karajan's conducting is full of fire and the score is terrifically well played by the orchestra. This is an old-fashioned, no-holds-barred Verdian treat. [Gramophone]
Admission: US$2.00 [free to Red Carpet Members]

FRIDAY 20 MAY AT 5.00 P.M. GIRLS' COLLEGE INTER-HOUSE CHOIR COMPETITION
Please note change of programme! The Berlin Concert with Placido Domingo, Rolando Villazon and Anna Netrebko will be shown in June.

ALSO IN MAY
Thursday 26 May Alien 3 [released 22 May 1992]
Friday 27 May Sweeney Todd

Links to Bulawayo Advertisers:- Natural History Museum Events National Railway Museum Bulawayo 1872 National Gallery of Zim -Bulawayo Bulawayo City Bulawayo Golf Club Bulawayo News 24 Bulawayo Motoring Club Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe Bulawayo Publicity Bulawayo Railway Museum Bulawayo Societies - 2010 Bulawayo Theatre Club Chipangali Friends of Hwange Falcon College Hillside Dams Island Hospice Matobo Conservation Society The Bulawayo Club S.P.C.A. Bulawayo Shelter Tree Society of Zimbabwe Wildlife & Environment Zimbabwe Zimbabwe info

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4) Congratulations

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5) Roses And Raspberries

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6) Pets Column

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8) Bulawayo News

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9) Harare And Gweru News

Zim Websites:- facebook.com/EnvironmentAfrica

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10) Wining, Dining and Coffee Houses

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11) Property For Sale or to Rent

RODOR PROPERTIES (PRIVATE) LIMITED
5A, 9TH AVENUE, BULAWAYO

HOUSES FOR SALE
MORNINGSIDE - $95,000 Brick under tile, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, working borehole.
COTAGE: 2 Bedrooms, lounge, bathroom
DOUGLASDALE - $85,000 Brick under asbestos, 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms.
Stand Size 1,3 Hectares
HILLSIDE - $80,000 Brick under asbestos, 3 Bedrooms
MAHATSHULA - $60,000 Brick under tile, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, solar geyser.
BARHAM GREEN - $95,000 Brick under tile, 3 Bedrooms, 2 bathrooms

FLATS FOR SALE
CBD -$41,000 - One bedroom, lounge, dining room, bathroom, kitchen, enclosed veranda.
TOWN HOUSE - $80,000 Two bedrooms, lounge/ dining room, fitted kitchen, pantry, complex borehole.
RESIDENTAL STANDS: FOR SALE
BUENA VISTA - $27,000 : 4345m
BURNSIDE - $45,000 : 4200m
UMGUZA - $130,000 : 5 acres

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE
CBD - $185,000 (Robert Mugabe Way)
Valuable property for sale, 5 Offices, 3 storerooms, ladies and gents toilets.

OUT OF BULAWAYO - PROPERTIES FOR SALE
BINGA - $250,000 Stone under thatch, 4 bedrooms, sparkling swimming pool, gated and fenced
BINGA - $100,000 BUT, 3 bedrooms, swimming pool, fenced and gated. Gazebo.
BEIT BRIDGE - $110,000 (NEGOTIABLE) Brick under tile, 3 Bedrooms, lounge, carport
for 4 vehicles, enclosed veranda. COTTAGE: 2 bedrooms property is walled and gated.
HWANGE - $85,000 Built on Baobab Hill, close to the Baobab Hotel, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms,
fitted kitchen, fenced and gated.

For these and other properties for sale phone (029) 2274581/3 (landline), Kelvin 0773 366 207,
Bryan 0772238431, Probity 0782119972, email kelvin@rodor.co.zw or visit us on Property Book
(rodorproperties.co.zw)

VALUATIONS
We are registered with the VALUERS COUNCIL OF ZIMBABWE, and offer a complete and
efficient service of Property Valuation for any purpose.
For Valuations, phone (029) 2274581/3 (landline), 0772238431, or email bryan@rodor.co.zw
or sales@rodor.co.zw

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Our Property Management staff will be happy to assist you in securing suitable tenants for your property,
and managing it thereafter. At present we have:
MATSHEUMHLOPE: 4 Bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, cottage, walled & gated: US$600 1 June
UPPER RANGEMORE 15km from Bulawayo City Centre. Plot 12.5 acres to let. 2 working
boreholes, solar geyser, fitted kitchen: US$700 immediate.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WANTED.
We need a property for a professional couple, with effect from 1/7/22. If you can assist kindly
contact us on 2274581

COMMERCIAL
Donnington - double storey - factory/offices/good parking area situated on 6000m of land.
Must be seen to be appreciated - Full details on enquiry
For information on properties available for renting, or if you wish to place your property on our letting
list, you are invited to contact us on (029) 2274581/3 (landline), resrents@rodor.co.zw
or rentals@rodor.co.zw

Hours of Business: Monday to Fridays: 8am - 4.30pm
Saturdays: 8am - 11am

WE NEED PROPERTIES FOR SALE AND TO RENT.
FOR REGISTERED BUYERS AND TENANTS

Bulawayo Estate Agents:- Anita's Real Estate Rodor properties Pvt Ltd Ian & Co. Real Estate R.E.D. Property

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12) Accommodation in South Africa

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12b) Accommodation in Botswana

Accommodation Out Of Zimbabwe:- Four Seasons, J'bg Hoopoe Haven Guest Lodge Fourways, J'bg Avoca Vale Country Hotel Louis Trichardt

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13) Accomodation and Travel In Zimbabwe

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Some places to stay in Zim:- Matopos:- Maleme Rest Camp www.zimparks.org Big Cave Camp Granite Park Lodges The Musketeers Lodge 9km on Matopos Rd Matobo Hills Lodge Byo:- Burnside Cottage Churchill Hotel Rainbow Hotel Southern Comfort Lodge Travellers Guest House Eastern Highlands:- Frog And Fern In Chimanimani Kariba:- Kulizwe Lodge Binga - shores of Lake Kariba Kariba Accomodation Hwange:- Miombo Lodge Dete Situated Hwange National Park/Dete Rd Hwange Safari Lodge NEHIMBA living with the Elephants Lake Mutirikwi (Kyle):- Norma Jeans Lakeview Ghonarezhou game reserve:- www.facebook.com/ChiloGorge Vic Falls:- Victoria Falls Hotel

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14) Catering and Food

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A few places to eat in Bulawayo:- Arizona Grill House in the Holiday Inn Banff Lodge Coffee cafe Book and Bean caf at Bradfield Shopping Centre Bulawayo Club Bulawayo Golf Club www.golfzone.co.zw Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel Camp Amalinda Cattleman - 12th Avenue Deja-vu Country Club www.golfzone.co.zw Frangos- 12th Avenue Friar Tucks Gallery Coffee Shop - Fort Street https://nationalgallery.co.zw Garden Restaurant - 54 Park Rd Granite Ridge - Matobo Hills Hillside Dams Tea Room Hillside Bowling Club Holiday Inn - Arizona Grill House Horizon Restaurant & Bar - Pioneer House, Fife Street Hotel Rio, Old Esigodini Rd Hunt's Boma 22 Jaywick Rd Matsheumhlope Indaba Book Caf & Sandwich Bar Mary's Restaurant - opp Medical Cent Maxies Massimo's - Ascot Shopping Centre Nemo's Resturant - Hillside Bowling Club Nesbitt Castle - Percy Avenue New Orleans - Banff Road Pergola Restaurant 22 Jaywick Rd Matsheumhlope River Cafe -12th Ave Deja-vu and more !!

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15) Vehicles for Sale and Hire

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16) Travel and Tours

Bulawayo Travel Agents & Tour Company's:- African Wanderer Antelope Park Big Cave Camp Black Rhino Safaris Eco Logical Safaris & Travel Greyhound Coach Service - Byo to Joburg

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17) Computers And Electronics

Bulawayo Computers:- Internet at Netconnect.co.zw

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18) Lifts Wanted And Offered

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19) Seeking Friends

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20) Situations Wanted and Situations Vacant

I am a lady aged 35 seeking care work in Bulawayo, preferably house calls for the elderly or to take care of children.
I am a certified nurse aide from St Johns. Please contact me on 0773216899

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I am a lady aged 35 seeking care work in Bulawayo, preferably house calls for the elderly or to take care of children.
I am a certified nurse aide from St Johns. Please contact me on 0773216899

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DRIVER

Mature class 1 driver(retested) with more than 5 year experience

Contact 0712359715

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SEEKING EMPLOYMENT

Mature lady ,aged 60 years of age with many years of experience in the
Secretarial /Administration field seeks a suitable position. Holder of
a class 4 Drivers licence. Available to start work immediately.
Tel/Whatsapp 0783295334

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SEEKING EMPLOYMENT

Mature, friendly lady seeks employment as a house-keeper / childminder. Able to look after children and your precious pets. Live out preferred and able to start immediately. Please contact 0777 101 903 (call or app) or 0773 886 410

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VACANCY - FINANCE MANAGERExpiry Date: 30 April 2022

Almond Africa is looking for suitably qualified personnel to fill an
opening within our company as a Finance Manager.

Minimum Requirements:
- Master's degree or equivalent in Finance, Economics, Business
Administration or similar
- At least 5 years proven work experience in a similar role
- Proficient computer skills, particularly spreadsheet software
- Criminal Free Record
- Clean Class 4 Driver's License

Desired Attributes:
- Remarkable integrity
- High numeracy and sound technical skills
- An analytical approach to work
- Problem-solving skills and initiative
- Negotiation skills and the ability to influence others
- Strong attention to detail and an investigative nature
- Good IT skills
- Additional certification (CPA, CMA or CFA) is a plus

Role:
- Manage the financial health of the organisation to promote success and growth
- Oversee the operations and development of the company's finance
department including creating and reviewing policies, budgeting,
recruiting, training and conducting regular assessments of financial
procedures
- Review company and market financial status and create forecasts to
identify risks and opportunities and create strategic business plans
based on the analysis
- Speak, write and present information clearly to explain financial
data to executives and make recommendations on decisions related to
the company's finances
- Develop prudent financial plans to determine how to pay off
liabilities, increase profit and grow the business
- Supervise the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual account
reconciliations
- Monitor and enforce compliance with statutory bodies as well as
financial reporting standards and legal financial practices
- Assist with cash flow forecasting
- Collaborate with other departments to achieve monetary goals
- Mediate between the organisation, employees, stakeholders,
shareholders and investors on financial issues for amicable resolution
of differences

Successful candidates will be required to provide police clearance

Almond Africa is an equal opportunities employer. Please forward CV
and application letter, copies of all academic and professional
certificates and at least two reference letters to hr@almondafrica.com

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I am 42 yrs and a holder of a clean class 1 drivers licence experience in both local and cross border my contact is 0712359715

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SEEKING A CLASS 4 DRIVING VACANCY AS A DRIVER

I am excited to be part of your company, if presented with an opportunity.

I am a professional, sober and extremely hardworking Class 4 Driver, with a Clean Class 4 licence. Aged 58 years old and am an honest committed Family Man.

An available from 8am till 4pm Daily from Monday - Friday

Please call Mr D Hamilton on 0713 392 562

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SEEKING EMPLOYMENT

Mature trustworthy lady able to work under pressure with minimum
supervision, experienced in administration. O levels and a Pitman
Diploma
Please contact 0719476038

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I am a lady aged 35 looking for a job in accounting. I have vast experience and hold cis part c and studying accounting and finance with lupane university.

Please contact me on 0772366743.

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21) Services

BOREHOLE AND WATER SERVICES
For all domestic, industrial and farming water installations, please contact
Bancroft and Neil Water for an efficient and professional service. Our products
include, Borehole drilling, Pump installation, Pump repairs, Capacity testing,
Spares, and Bulk water delivery.
Contact: Vusumuzi Sinyoka on 0772775136, or Wonder Chikware on 0773490818.
Phone: 2880844/2880846/2881074

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ANTE NATAL CLASSES, BABY VACCINATIONS and BIRTH ATTENDANT/ DOULA

I teach a set of 5 classes covering pregnancy, labour, baby care, breastfeeding and other information. I also do a "crash course" for out of towners.
These classes are valuable even if you're having an elective CAESAREAN SECTION!!
Please book early.

I can be with you at the hospital when you're in LABOUR to help you to cope!
I also work part time at a BABY CLINIC :-)

For any further information contact SISTER JAN JOHNSTON on (09) 466741/2 from 8 am til 12 pm Mon to Fri
or (09) 2237240, 0712 728 350 or 0772 749 749 (w/app) or email me on jicsj@yoafrica.com

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SERVICES

SWIMMING POOL SERVICES & MAINTENANCE
Sanctifyd Recreation offers weekly and fortnight pool maintenance and service contracts. We also specialize in swimming pool refurbishments, construction and remodeling.
For all your swimming pool solutions Contact Mr Ncube https://wa.me/263774767707 or https://wa.me/263787632085

Bulawayo Services:- Acol Chemical Bulawayo Bulawayo's Online Business Directory

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22) Health And Beauty

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23) Tuition

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24) Miscellaneous For Sale

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25) Wanted To Buy or Hire

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26) Clothing And Fashion

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27) Boats and Fishing

Bulawayo Water Activities:- www.ChaseMarine.com

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28) Garden, Decor And Home

Kraal manure $2.00 a 50 KG bag.
Free delivery over ten bags.
Phone Ollie on 0771289677

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JILL'S SUPER ORGANIC COMPOST
BLACK GOLD
99% WEED FREE
EXCELLENT FOR POTS, VEGETABLES, FLOWER BEDS, SEEDLINGS AND LAWNS.

WILL DELIVER 5 X 50KG BAGS OR MORE LOCALLY.

CONTACT JILL AT 2246688 OR 07784955 99

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