Old Man Stan – Fairytale Of Basildon Christmas

United Kingdom local elections, 2018

3rd May 2018 0

Council elections in England are scheduled to be held on Thursday 3 May 2018. Local elections will be held within England, with elections to all 32 London boroughs, 34 metropolitan boroughs, 67 district and borough councils and 17 unitary authorities. There will also be [more...]
Operation Castor – The Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Part One

19th May 2017 0

The End of French Colonial Influence in Indo-China 1954 The French involvement in Indo-China dates back to the 17th Century when a Jesuit missionary crusade arrived in the region to save souls, but more importantly [more...]
Postcard From Caldbeck (The Howk)

27th March 2018 0

D’ye Ken John Peel Caldbeck is a small village with a population of around 900 or so people. It isn’t easy to get to from the West (Penrith end) but it is well worth a [more...]
Jeremiah, A Prophet for Our Times

22nd April 2018 0

Over the past few years I have been spending more timing thinking and reading about the prophets of ancient Israel such as Ezekiel, Elijah, Jonah, Isaiah, Daniel and Jeremiah among others. Joining the GP brotherhood [more...]
Three Men on a Bike, Part One

23rd January 2019 0

I suppose it must have been during the 1965 Easter break from the Sixth Form that Bogs, Cough, Pat and myself decided that during the summer months between the AS level exams and the start [more...]