VE Day

A View From (Brougham Hall) Quite Near The Greenhouse; Was It All Worth It?

13th May 2025 Colin Cross 0

I don’t doubt that my long suffering reader will have had a similar conversation to the one I had some days ago with Mrs. C. It went something like this; “Er, Colin, are there any [more…]

On this day, 1945

8th May 2025 Going Postal 0

On this day 80 years ago, the Allied powers accepted Germany’s unconditional surrender, bringing an official end to World War II in Europe. We in the U.K. celebrate 8 May as Victory in Europe Day, [more…]

A View From (Brougham Hall) Quite Near The Greenhouse; Was It All Worth It?

On this day, 1945

Slow Boats To Africa

A Bear’s Diary – Part 23

Stand in the Trench, Achilles*

Report From Kenya, 1955 – Part Six

Near-Disaster at 39,000ft