20th Century
Nostalgia Album, Part Six
Last time, we discovered my father’s cousin John Jr gave his life for his country at Bone in Algeria in 1943. In the First War his father, John Sr, died of sickness after being discharged [more…]
Human Interest
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Thirty Three
Monday Hello folks, another day dawns and another week of reporting looms. What a horrible weekend all that wind and rain was awful in the South and snow in the North. I hardly went out, [more…]
20th Century
Nostalgia Album, Part Five
Within weeks of the start of the Second World War, a residence survey was taken across the country with the information it provided used to issue identity cards and distribute ration books. On it, we [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Thirty Two
Monday Good morning merry readers. It’s amazing how quickly these Monday mornings come around and I set off on another journey into this whacky world we live in. Bozzie woke me up early clumping around [more…]
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…]
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…]