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…]
Human Interest
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…]
Arts
Fish & Ships
I’d like to begin by introducing you to a rather special lady. She was born in February 1957, the first of twelve sisters. A real local lass, she lived and worked from the Humber all [more…]