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Zero to Heartbreak in 48 Hours

17th October 2022 SharpieType301 3364 Comments

An ordinary Tuesday, or so it seemed at the start of the day. Mr S had just gone off to the butchers for something nice for dinner when, mid-morning, my phone rang. It was our [more…]

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Set in Stone

2nd August 2022 SharpieType301 2864 Comments

This tale begins, as so many tales do, on a dismal winter’s day. This particular day, a miserably chilly and grey February one, was a decidedly rubbish day. Not only had Mr S and I [more…]

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Lake District Memories

16th June 2022 Going Postal 3466 Comments

On Christmas Morning 2021 I was taken by ambulance to hospital suffering from a clot on the lung brought on by Covid (Covid Pneumonitis). It was to be the beginning of ten days there, most [more…]

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Imperial Measures

17th March 2022 Going Postal 3763 Comments

I am one of those fortunate people who understand both metric and imperial measurements. I am old enough to have had my early education purely in imperial but as an apprentice my college courses employed [more…]

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Postcard From Carlisle

14th March 2022 Always Worth Saying 1974 Comments

When in the vicinity one feels obliged. After all, I am a Carlisle lad. During my previous life more interesting I found myself nearby and could adjust my schedule. If I was shot by an [more…]

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Memories of My Early Childhood

23rd February 2022 Going Postal 3898 Comments

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…]

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A Winter’s Tale

8th December 2021 bobo 4964 Comments

We moved, the wife and I, into this house eleven years ago. It is a prosaic little domicile, having been built in 1990, and it is situated equidistant between the railway station, the hospital and [more…]

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Ships That Pass

22nd November 2021 Always Worth Saying 3782 Comments

Two Rascals I looked down on a thunderstorm. The distant lights of late evening Manhattan were being complimented. Clouds beneath me luminesced with staccato lightning flashes above a rain-lashed Long Island. 1988 had ended badly. [more…]

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A Leicestershire Lad

28th October 2021 Going Postal 2783 Comments

Watching formal schooling, community spirit and childhood and family life in general being relentlessly trashed in recent years has made me think more and more about my growing-up years in a small Leicestershire village between [more…]

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