Last Friday i was informed of a tragic accident to befall the family of my daughter’s other half’s business partner. Read the rest of this entry »
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For many years I had tried to find a part time job to supplement my pocket money of fifty pence per week, which was probably about the average at the time. I had tried all the newsagents, the pop man and the milk man without Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec 09 Posted by adminOur annual holiday in my fourteenth year we went to Great Yarmouth, as by now we had all grown out of Burnham On Sea. I was by now pretty independent and mostly did my own thing when I could get away with it. I was now developing a taste for the girls Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec 09 Posted by adminWhen it was time to take my options at school I was thirteen. I chose Metalwork along with motor vehicle studies as this was my passion and I wanted to be a mechanic when I grew up. I then chose physics and history as I could find nothing better to go with my other choice of computer studies. Now I have no idea why I fancied computer studies, however, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Looking back my choice of this subject was no doubt to allow for a couple more chalkie moments. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by adminIn 76, the year of the long hot summer, we had spent many a summers day on Barr Beacon. The “Beacon” as we called it was just the other side of the fields at the back of our house. It was the highest point around and was so named because many years before it had been used as a beacon, a hill where a large fire was lit to pass messages around the country. Read the rest of this entry »
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Nov 09 Posted by adminThis same summer we were into our fishing expeditions as a gang. Generally though this was myself, the Yates and the Healeys, although Read the rest of this entry »
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Most of these battles were fought with dirt bombs, little lumps of hard soil thrown at each other, although other than that they were generally just hand bags at ten paces. Read the rest of this entry »
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Nov 09 Posted by adminIn our part of Wimperis Way we had our own little gang that comprised of all the kids of just a handful of familys. There was Read the rest of this entry »
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Nov 09 Posted by adminMy mother and a friend, Vera, whom lived just around the corner from our house used to organise two types of coach trips whilst I was a child. The trips were either for the local children when a Read the rest of this entry »
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Nov 09 Posted by adminIt was a warm summers day, July 27th 1963 and out of Joan I popped, well that’s my explanation of it anyway. I am sure that Joan would not describe it in that manner, however, I don’t really care two hoots about her any more. I don’t suppose that I ever did consciously really care at all anyway. Read the rest of this entry »
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