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Postcard from Lille, Part 15

11th May 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

As with America, I went back and forward, back and forward to the Philippine Islands for about five years, but will tell the tale as one continuous story, in situ over there, perhaps including an [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 14

4th May 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

“Ladies and gentlemen this is your captain speaking we are just commencing our approach into Kai Tak international airport in Hong Kong, the weather is fine, during the approach we’ll have Kowloon City on the [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 13

27th April 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

Over chai in the subcontinent, balut in the tropics or roast swan in an Oxbridge refectory the topic of conversation might turn to ‘given the chance, would you kill baby Hitler?’ In Latin this would [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 12

20th April 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

I had an uncle who was an excellent chap from a very proud, hardworking but rather modest background. He’s the one who was on the railway (a reserved profession) during the war but managed to [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 11

13th April 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

You may wonder, dear reader, after ten episodes and a prologue, where all this is leading. It certainly doesn’t seem to be leading to Lille. Bear with me. You’ll recall that, for obvious reasons, the [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 10

6th April 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

Previously I mentioned my ‘backs and forwards’ between the north of England across the Atlantic to North America. You may recall the ‘drink the air fare’ mile high club. These happened between the Pan Am [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 9

16th March 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

On a previous trip across the English Channel many years ago, I was returning to England via Calais to Dover on the ferry as a foot passenger. I was sat on deck minding my own [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 8

9th March 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

I’ve settled myself down in modest but adequate lodgings in Istanbul and get into the habit of a daily stroll just after sun down. It’s a five minute walk down to the Bosphorus where a [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 7

2nd March 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

We’re off to Lille as a family group. We’re travelling by train the length of England from the Bad Lands to the White Cliffs of Dover. And, dear reader, if you will allow me to [more…]