19th Century
Nostalgia Album, Part Four
With there being only 11 years between them both my grandfather, Elihu, and his nephew, John Jr, joined up for the Second War. Last time we looked at my grandfather’s service in the RAOC and [more…]
Human Interest
20th Century
Memories of My Early Childhood
I was born in 1950 and I have very happy memories of my early years. I was lucky I guess. We lived in a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Church End, Finchley with decent sized front, [more…]
Health
A Hitchhikers Guide To Communication & Persuasion
Some NLP stuff Because of the mention of “Mass Formation Psychosis” linked to hypnosis I wrote a discussion article about it and this led to some Puffins interest in Neuro Linguistic Programming and its role [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Thirty One
Monday Good Morning everyone and welcome to another week of my ramblings. I read an article saying that saying the Little Otter has any influence over Bozzie, and hence government policy, was sexist. I must [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Thirty
Monday Morning all, still fairly mild but pretty damp underfoot. Gosh, it didn’t half rain hard last night. I was having a nice dream about big bowls of Felix Chicken when the downpour interrupted it. [more…]
Human Interest
Eulogy for my Son, Sam 28:08:80 – 29:12:21
To lose a loved one at any time in life turns your whole world upside down. To lose a child turns everything back to front. I always imagined it would be me up there and [more…]
19th Century
A Court for King Cholera
Introduction In 1967, as part of my Public Health Inspectors’ Education Board course, I remember attending a lecture given by Dr Moore, the then Medical Officer of Health for the City and County of Kingston-upon-Hull, [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Nine
Monday Morning all, another week stretches in front of me, I wonder what will happen this week. Bozzie was on the phone to that Muslim woman who claims she was told that she was being [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Eight
Monday Morning all, a clear and frosty morning. Bozzie is a little happier this morning, his team have dug up a picture of Stoma necking a bottle of beer with a crowd during lockdown and [more…]