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Category Archives: family
Sun, Sea, Sand And #holidays
Every holiday from my earliest memory meant a visit to my mother’s mother – my Gran – who lived in a tall Georgian terraced house on the sea front at Herne Bay in North Kent. I could wax lyrical describing … Continue reading
The Five Things I Learned From Jigsaw Puzzles
I was in a garden centre today, acting as moral support and guard duty for the Textiliste. It’s not that she is regularly under threat, you understand but any trip out that involves her mother runs the risk of strangling … Continue reading
Posted in family, miscellany, thought piece
Tagged family, garden centres, jigsaw, puzzle, thought piece
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Unintended Consequences In The Pursuit Of A Pint
My short series on my walk with Dad across the neck of England, reminded me of his love of beer. Boy, did Dad love a pint. Bitter not lager. What we today know as real or cask ale, not what … Continue reading
Posted in family, memories, miscellany
Tagged beer, Beer Orders, CAMERA, drink, licensing laws, pubs
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When Geoff Missed Bob #growing up
It was just six months after the Summer of Love and I was on the cusp of awakening as a teenager. So what happened to my chance to become a hippy? My family moved house in 1969 when I was … Continue reading
Posted in family, memories
Tagged angel inn, bob dylan, growing up, Hotel, lymington, summer of love
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Tipping Points: Baden-Powell, His Part In My History
Hindsight: you’ve got to love it, haven’t you? You look back on an event, and see the blindingly obvious. It was a watershed moment even if at the time it was the epitome of humdrum. If I listed the biggies: … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, family, gardens, law, miscellany
Tagged Bristol University, family, gardening, hindsight, law, memories
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My Life In Film
The course of my life can be plotted in any number of ways: educational stages, jobs, friendships, family celebrations and so on. Today someone made me think about films and how the can pinpoint certain moments in one’s life. The … Continue reading
That Christmas Letter…
25th December 2018 Dear All, It has become customary, I’ve found, for friends and family, to enclose a letter with their Festive cards summarising their family’s many glorious achievements during the past year. These missives have taken on the … Continue reading
