Culture

Off Grid Living, 1945 to 1953

21st February 2017 GrumpyAngler 0 Comments

I lived for the first seven years of my life in a hamlet on the western fringe of Salisbury Plain. At about six hundred and sixty feet above sea level it was a fairly bleak [more…]

Foraging for food in the Fifties

11th February 2017 GrumpyAngler 1 Comment

I was born in 1945, the war had just ended, the world was a very different place then. As a child food was one of my primary concerns, it was difficult to find enough fuel [more…]

There are no jobs in North Devon. The weather is shit most of the time and the medical facilities are being cut back left, right and centre. So what we clearly need is a load [more…]

BBC HMV Dog

8th October 2016 Eraser of Love 1 Comment

I just Clocked a sparsely bearded Expat Living in the South of France On BBC News 24 telling the BBC HMV Dog curled at his feet , that ‘UKIP’s Voter base is racist and Xenophobic’ [more…]

Dominoes Going Postal

29th September 2016 Going Postal 0 Comments

Weaponising Campanology

25th September 2016 Going Postal 1 Comment

Bells have been rung since time immemorial, but full circle bell ringing only began a few hundred years ago in this country. Bells on the continent are rung in various ways either mechanical or manual. [more…]