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: memories
The University Years – Going Through The Cycles, part two #bristoluniversity #1975
I began my university life in 1975 at Bristol, studying law. Last time I wrote, I explored my commuting life and one reason why I shouldn’t have taken to cycling. This is the second example. Loosely it involves hubris and … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, humour, memories, miscellany, university
Tagged Bristol, cycyling, humour, memories, university
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Glast-no-bury And The Musicography Of One Man #memories
A few days ago we handed our garden to the Vet to have her girlfriends round for a Glast-no-bury get together, the real festival having fallen foul of Covid. We made a teepee and a rustic bar from some old … Continue reading
Posted in memories, miscellany, music
Tagged family, Glastonbury, memories, music, the carpenters
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That Moment… #heatwave #flies #hotellife #1976 #deadfliesandsherrytrifle
It’s been incorrigibly hot here recently and the flies have been dying in their dozens, usually between the secondary glazing and the windows. How do they get it? I’ve never understood musca domestica and its penchant to peg out in … Continue reading
Posted in memories, miscellany, New Forest
Tagged 1976, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle, flies, hotels, memories, student, work
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The University Years: How To Spend Time And Money On The Important Things In Life. #1975 #universitylife #bristol
My initial focus, naturally was on my new course (just stay with me, okay) and the joys of learning about the English and Welsh legal system. That was a bit of an eye opener, too. Having been brought up to … Continue reading
The Musketeer Conundrum
With football now back on the UK screens with artificial crowds and noise, sport is in the headlines. One oddity is being able to hear the players, encouraging, cajoling and directing each other. A bit like any game on any … Continue reading
Posted in humour, memories, miscellany, sport
Tagged camaraderie, humour, memories, rugby, teams
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The University Years: Crime And Misdemeanours #university #1975
Back in 1975 I started a law degree at Bristol University. It was a life changing experience for me and many aspects are seared into my memory. Today, I’m starting my courses and while I’ve relied solely on memory for … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, law, memories, miscellany, university
Tagged Bristol, law, memories, university
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Piercing The Gloom
In these days when we have time on our hands I found myself doing something that, frankly, seems to have gone out of fashion, if my experiences of zoom are anything to go by. I was online with a group … Continue reading
What To Do When You’re Going Bonkers: Part Historic
We began cleaning the house, carefully taking every room apart and then restoring it. It’s thrown up some hidden gems – a packet of Hoola Hoops with a sell-by date of 2006 fr’instance. And it’s shown up my inner lawyer … Continue reading
Posted in memories, poems, thought piece
Tagged cleaning, letter writing, memories, poems, work
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The University Years: Making Friends And Nylon Pyjamas #university #bristol
In 1975 I began my three year odyssey at an undergraduate law student at Bristol University. Those first few days as I settled into university life remain very vivid. Today I recall my first evening in hall and a life … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, history, memories, miscellany, university
Tagged 1976, Bristol, history, memories, university
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My first cat – 1st December 1986
Yesterday I was thirty. I’m hungover and have just waved my wife off to the airport. I will be on my own for a month, the longest we’ve been apart in seven years. ‘Come over,’ say friends. ‘We’ve got you … Continue reading
