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dolly mixture

1. (Cookery) a mixture of small coloured sweets

2. (Cookery) one such sweet

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LINGFIELD: 1.00 Sonnet Rose, 1.40 Al Khan, 2.20 Night Story, 3.00 Regicide, 3.40 Crown Walk, 4.20 Regina Nostra, 5.00 Dolly Mixture. MUSSELBURGH: 11.30 Drums Of War, 12.05 Silver Concorde, 12.40 Middlebrow, 1.10 Nefyn Bay, 1.50 Uptown Funk, 2.30 Misfits, 3.10 Leostar.

TOMORROW'S TIPS

If Fine Gael had for instance concentrated its early firepower on Sinn Fein and the "dolly mixture" of smaller parties and independents, it could have diverted some of the media oxygen away from Fianna Fail.

Instead of leaving Fianna Fail to rot, Fine Gael have let them become relevant once more

Dolly Mixture Cottage is set within the Cotswold's Hills, popular among walkers and cyclists as they offer some of the most picturesque villages and paths in the country.

Sweet retreats

Dolly Mixture Cottage is set within the Cotswold Hills, popular among walkers and cyclists as they offer some of the most picturesque villages and paths in the country.

Sweet retreats

"I remember staring at my oncologist's ballerina clock and waiting patiently to be offered a dolly mixture at the end of the appointment out of a cottage shaped tin.

Kathy joins the Race for Life for battling mother

Cotswolds for PS630 Dolly Mixture Cottage is a two-bedroom cottage near Bath.

DEALS OF THE WEEK

| Baking with kids is great, but they're as happy with a ready mix as a four-foot gingerbread house with Dolly Mixture windows.

Perfect parents probably panic

DOLLY MIXTURE When just one pastel doesn't hit the sweet tooth spot, opt for a multi-coloured confectionery approach.

CANDY GIRLS; Go super-sweet with pastels

Neil Hurst is returning to Halifax for his tenth pantomime season, this year as Jingles the Jester and he is being joined by Jolyon Dixon as Dame Dolly Mixture, Tom Milner as Prince Michael and Felicity Skiera as the Wicked Queen.

It's too early for panto? Oh, no, it isn't!

WHAT THE DOLLY MIXTURES THINK OF THE SHOW Hilda Joyce, Dolly Mixture and guest of honour, said during the interval: "It's bringing back a lot of memories."

Spending the night mixing with an extraordinary tale of ordinary women; Who remembers The Dolly Mixtures? The fundraising stars are recalled in a new musical at The Customs House, South Shields. DAVID WHETSTONE was at the first night

Or, alternatively, the current Government with the support of - as former Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy famously branded it - a "dolly mixture" of Independents and smaller parties, a marriage many would view as one made in hell.

If polls are true Government will not be returning in its current guise... Predicted vote would leave Coalition short of power by 16 seats

But the real star of the show is the fantastic Paul Tate who certainly proves that in Pantoland at least there really is nothing like a dame as he goes over the top in style as the mad-cap Dolly Mixture.