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Hope you have a fantastic 50th birthday, Gareth! Hope you've got something ace planned and enjoy your celebrations! Ali xxx

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Happy happy birthday Gareth! Hope you have some lovely celebrations planned in, filled with all your favourite things. Sending you virtual cake!
Casey xx

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Hope you have a brilliant day! Nicky x

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50 not out! Have a brilliant day. All the best, Tom

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Five decades! Half a century! Have a fantastic day, Gareth! Sam

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Happy Birthday Gareth! Here's a terrible dad joke to celebrate:
What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday? “Aye matey.”
Have a fab day.
Best, Amrit :)

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A very happy birthday! Have a great celebration. Jenny

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I hope you have a day worthy of such a milestone! Sending you all of the birthday good vibes. Clare x

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Have a brilliant day!

Mark

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Welcome to your 6th decade!
Have a fab day.
Sue U x

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Stop the press - you're never 50?! No way?! 28 at most surely! Have a fabulous day and I hope you get spoilt rotten. Liz H

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All the best!

Andrew x

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Let that sink in... (Probably best not to actually)

That said, I hope you have an amazing day sir and will remind you that restrictions have now lifted, and we are now back in the office, and we still have a cake table...

All seems a bit coincidental to me.

Matt x

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Hope you have a wonderful day to kick off another year in the best way! Best wishes, Anna W x

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Happy birthday to you, our very own superhero!
Hope you have something lovely planned
Nic W x

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Beyond the elderly jokes, it's a scary birthday to deal with, and I can reassure you it's fine - the build up is worse. Have a nice day and remember Bram Stoker was 50 when he wrote Dracula, and Colonel Sanders was also 50 when he finalised his secret fried chicken recipe at KFC. No pressure.
Love from Richard Cruise X

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Some Dicky Bird let it slip you're 50 not out. Howzat even possible? Time has a habit of catching you out, I guess, but that's a tremendous innings, me old duck. This job has certainly delivered a few googlies over the years. I don't think I'm wide of the mark when I say it's been a bit of a slog at times. But even when you've found yourself on a sticky wicket, when a lesser man would have been left stumped, you've always maiden effort to provide the extra cover needed to bail us out. It's a bit of a silly point, I know, but I can truly declare I'm bowled over bye your kindness. As this padlet proves, there's a lot of glove out there four you. You really crease me up with your puns as well. Spin an absolute pleasure - honestly, I've had a ball. Bat there's plenty more to come. Keep hitting 'em for six and here's to the next half century.
Richard P
P.S. I hope you get to celebrate in style, with a nice lunch or tea. Maybe head to the theatre, but make sure you book your interval drinks.

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Happy Five-OH Birthday my spring chicken! Julie x

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Many happy returns Gareth! I hope you have a suitable amount of celebrations planned to mark such an occasion! Have a wonderful day and wishing you the best food, cake and tipple of choice. Alice x

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From Rishi (aka Jennie)

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Wishing you many happy returns, glorious weather, fabulous cake and many MANY celebratory drinks! Xxx Anna

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From the prince of pop to the prince of the press ...!

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From the prince of pop to the prince of the press ...!

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Celebrating 50 years 'young' - our very own "Prince of the Press". Tenuous; but the pressure to come up with some fabulous and unique just gets worse with every padlet!!!
Have a wonderful birthday!
Best wishes, Gillian xxx

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Love Ini! *wags* *licks*

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I  imagine this GIF is how you spend your days after our many chats about your impressive logs. Hopefully your day will be spend cutting cakes instead. Kirsty xxx

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Gazza! Hope you have the most brilliant of days, I will be sure to bring you some celebratory dried fruit at some point soon to mark the occasion. Happy birthday! Tazza x

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Wishing you an eventful nice day, and lots of other uneventful ones for years to come!
Lauren B xx

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Have a lovely day! x Rachael

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All the good jokes have been taken. So I'll just say that I hope you have a great day and manage to get round to doing something fun.
Happy birthday!
Rich H

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Have a fabulous day!

Kate

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Ah, what the heck, it's only a number! Have a great day and a fantastic celebration. Here's to you, Mighty Man of Media!
David P

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Hi Gareth,

Half a century in - and you're still batting strongly. Have a fantastic birthday and I hope it involves alcohol and outlandish behaviour.

Best wishes
David L

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It’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years (according to Abe). Have a great day Gareth. Cheers, Ian

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Have a belter! The years have been kind to you!
Lee

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Hope you have an absolutely brilliant day, Zoe x

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Happy birthday Gareth! Hope you have a fab day celebrating.
Lauren P x

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I'm sorry that the suspiciously nice weather ends in time for your big day, but I hope you still have a wonderful 21st birthday! Hope we can have a drink to celebrate soon.
Emma x

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Hope you have a wonderful day full of celebration!

Best wishes,
Tas

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Welcome to the best decade! Hope the sun shines and you get a fabulous walk with your beautiful doggy. Leftovers for the birthday tea?! Lots of love, Prue X

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Hope you celebrate in a fitting fashion for a half century! Alex T

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Have a fantastic day, hope you get to put your feet up! El xx

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Have a wonderful 50th birthday from all of us at Richmond Borough Council. And don't do any thing we would. XXXX.

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Have a great day!

Oli

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I hoe you have a wonderful day full of celebrations and cake :)

Kharmen x

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You too can roll back the year and look as young as me with these distilled acorn suppositories. I'll send Mrs O round with them. I'm sure she'll find you - going North is a compulsion with her. Even in Tesco's she heads straight for the freezer cabinets on the back wall. If she strays off the path she won't have gotten far. That's one of the blessings of osteoporosis. I'd run up with them myself but since I put on the lockdown weight I've been banned from cross-country running because I dented a viaduct.
'Ave a laugh on your birthday, from Miss Babs x

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Hope you have a lovely time celebrating the big day. Mia :)