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A charity café group aimed at tackling loneliness is celebrating its first birthday. The Chatty Café at Baker’s at Sixtytwo on Main Street in Long Bennington started last July and has had more than 40 visitors. Part of a nationwide initiative encouraging conversations, it has run since 2017 and now hosts ‘chatty tables’ at hundreds of venues. Organiser of the Long Bennington scheme, Mary Barlow, said: “Elaine Potts, Diane Cross, Sue Mckinley, and I feel quite proud to have achieved this. “When you listen to the stories and the reasons why people turn up week after week, it’s very heartwarming….

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