{"id":8322,"date":"2021-09-08T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T07:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=8322"},"modified":"2021-09-08T08:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T07:00:50","slug":"a-message-from-sir-david-jason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/a-message-from-sir-david-jason\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message From Sir David Jason"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: right; margin:5px 0 5px 5px;\">\n<amp-auto-ads type=\"adsense\"\r\n              data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\">\r\n<\/amp-auto-ads>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">40 Years of Only Fools and Horses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Who can believe that it is forty years ago that the late, great John Sullivan introduced the Trotter family to the world. It feels a little more than yesterday but certainly not all those years ago. 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