The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: Leytonstone
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I went to a friend’s funeral last week. Dougie was old and increasingly dealing with complaints that come with the passing years. I only knew him in his latter years, though his skills as a theatre set designer were apparent … Continue reading
Posted in art, Friends, miscellany
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Art, art mosaic, Dougie Heap, Leytonstone, theatre design
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Trains, Planes And, Er, More Trains
Dad talked about catching the new Victoria Line when it opened in the late 1960s. He kept one of the new tickets that you put in an automated barrier rather than gave to a guard. Only many people couldn’t get … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, trains, transport, travel
Tagged Elizabeth Line, Hitchcock, Leytonstone, trains, travel
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Hitchcock and the Underground #London #travels
So there I was, on my way east on our rickety old transport system – I could dredge up some wikistats to tell you there are more passengers on the underground every weekday than bacteria in my nose to prove … Continue reading
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