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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Fifty-Seven

10th November 2024 Going Postal 1843 Comments

Monday Good morning from a grey and not very nice morning in Westminster, where at least it is dry. Legohead was up early this morning as he is off to Birmingham to give a “pre-Budget” [more…]

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Postcard From Kiruna

29th December 2023 Always Worth Saying 2192 Comments

Having been presented with the key to the door, my wilful 21-year-old self used the opportunity to close the lock tightly behind him and allow the trade winds to billow his sails north, all the [more…]

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What a Father Gives

20th December 2018 Katabasis 3572 Comments

I first began editing the tribute I gave to my Father at his funeral for sharing here in August. Unfortunately that same month we lost yet another  member of the family – my Godfather. He [more…]

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A Sacrifice of Three

2nd December 2018 Jwp 1879 Comments

Robert Ryan was my great uncle. This fading photograph is the only one we have of him. He gave his life for King and Country when he died on 7th November 1942. He was 20 [more…]

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My Dad by Gmbd

19th August 2017 Gmbd 0 Comments

We lived together for 16 years yet I hardly know anything about him. He was built like the proverbial brick shit house and all muscle. He never ever laid a finger on me and I [more…]

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In Memoriam – Tony Lucas, “Bloody but Unbowed”

28th July 2017 Going Postal 0 Comments

When Allied forces surrendered Singapore 75 years ago, 80,000 troops became Japanese prisoners of war. For Tony Lucas, thus begun an ordeal that almost broke his body, but could not bow his spirit. It is [more…]

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