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How Good it Was – End of Season Football Trips – The Journey Up

8th July 2026 Going Postal 0

I’ve put up George Harrison “When We was Fab” a few times so a different one echoing the same sentiment. How good it was indeed. Anyone who has been part of a sporting team will [more…]

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When We Was Fab – The Sydney Cricket Ground in the 1980s

17th June 2026 Going Postal 0

40 or 50 years ago the SCG was probably the best place in the world to watch cricket. Sure Lord’s was more dignified and places like the MCG and Eden Gardens were bigger but this [more…]

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When We Was Fab – That Annual Cricket Dinner

1st June 2026 Going Postal 0

The cricket club I played for in Oz was part of a much larger sporting society. Netball, football, tennis, hockey and Aussie rules were all part of this rich tapestry. The cricket section was managed [more…]

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A View From (Somewhere In The Area Of) The Greenhouse; We’re All “Far Right” Now….Innit?

29th August 2023 Colin Cross 0

Life carries on apace and, as things start to slow down a little in the greenhouse I find myself having time to venture out into the countryside, along with my camera, and visit the odd [more…]

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Yorkshire County Cricket Club Bloodbath

15th November 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

On the 14th October 2021, fourteen concerned employees wrote a letter to their bosses. Six days earlier, a summary report into conduct at their workplace had been published. The employees felt it showed them in [more…]

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“Caught & bowled!”

6th September 2021 Going Postal 0

Ah Cricket – the wonderful sound of leather on willow followed by a cucumber sandwich and cup of tea.    Rather coldly defined on Wikipedia as “a bat and ball game played between two teams of [more…]

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