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Wanting to mark her father’s 80th birthday in style, ALISON BELLwhisked him off to Amsterdam, where the serenity of canal-boat trips mixed with a moving visit to Anne Frank’s house

FOR MY FATHER’S 80th birthday I bought him a memory, which is why we found ourselves going for lunch – to Amsterdam.