Hobbies

Larry’s Dairy Week Fifty Eight

13th September 2020 Going Postal 0

Monday I made a very early morning patrol of the offices this morning and spotted Mickey the Mouse out of his hiding place, but he disappeared behind a huge cupboard, through a gap that was [more…]

Crossword No. 135

12th September 2020 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 134 – Blackfritz. Answers with next week’s [more…]

A Brit Using Handguns in the States

10th September 2020 Going Postal 0

My father was trained as a sharp shooter, not quite a sniper but somewhere between that and a regular soldier. Exhibiting better than average shooting accuracy with a strong sense of fieldcraft (as he did) [more…]

Haymaking

8th September 2020 Going Postal 0

When I was a little girl, the end of August was the time when it was back to school, Miss Lillicrap marching up and down the aisles between the desks and hitting the likes of [more…]

Larry’s Diary Week Fifty Seven

6th September 2020 Going Postal 0

Monday Another Monday, they do seem to come round quickly. The decorators are back to finish off. I heard one tell Bozzie they would be done in two days. If they worked after 3pm it [more…]

Crossword No. 134

5th September 2020 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 133 – Technomist. Answers with next week’s [more…]

My Cars

4th September 2020 Going Postal 0

I’ve owned cars for almost fifty years now. For most of that time I’ve been down at the “bangernomics” end of the scale of car ownership – buy ’em cheap, run ’em, scrap ’em and [more…]

Art at Cocklecarrot Towers

3rd September 2020 Going Postal 0

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Oscar Wilde,Lady Windermere’s Fan This article is inspired by other Postaliers who have shared the art in their homes. Lady [more…]

A Life in Hungary

1st September 2020 Going Postal 0

Following on from my previous sketch “Life in a Hungarian Village” I thought I’d expand on it for any Puffins that may interested in hearing a little more about life in Hungary from an ex-pat [more…]