Category Archives: memories

The Grapes of Wrath: A Father’s Wisdom

Posted on Apr 13, 2019 by

I witnessed a crime today. A couple of kids ahead of me, heads close together and one nabbed a piece of fruit off a stall outside a small convenience store. It was casual, brazen almost. They stood there, didn’t even … Continue reading →

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Education: The Thinking Man’s World

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 by

Norah Colvin, one of the first three bloggers I followed when I started, asked me to write about my school days and offer up some thoughts on the state of education now. This is the link to Norah’s post of … Continue reading →

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Disasters Of An Olympian Kind

Posted on Mar 27, 2019 by

I have had cause to write of this before but I had one of those days, the other day and so thought this worth repeating. You can imagine the sort of day I’m talking about. You manage to put on … Continue reading →

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It Shouldn’t Happen… But It Did: The Kimono and the Awning #lawyerlytales

Posted on Mar 10, 2019 by

This is the second in a short series on some of the disasters encountered in my legal career. I mentioned it some time ago but this is the full story… I found myself in the West End, behind the Royal … Continue reading →

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Unintended Consequences In The Pursuit Of A Pint

Posted on Feb 9, 2019 by

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 →

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When Geoff Missed Bob #growing up

Posted on Feb 7, 2019 by

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 →

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Walking With The Wind At My Back: Part Four

Posted on Jan 22, 2019 by

Kirkby Stephen to Richmond This is the fourth part of my walk that I undertook with my father and friends across England from Coast to Coast. Part three is here. You can link back to the earlier posts from there. … Continue reading →

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