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Category: events

  • 2 days and a wedding in Wentbridge: Sep 11

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    Where? Wentbridge is to the west of the A1(M) close to the junction with the M62. It could be in South Cambs: well-kept village, parish council, good local pub and high property prices. But they do speak different. Wentbridge is in Yorkshire.

  • Face to face with the NHS

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    I really do worry about the right-wing idealogues in the Coalition which seem intent on changing our health service and our education systems for the worse and irretrievably so. There’s a good article (click here) in the Observer about it today. These guys say it’s about choice. Rubbish.

  • Cambridge Marketing College, annual dinner: 14 Jul 11

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    3 years ago when I started this blog one of my first posts (click here) was about attending the Cambridge Marketing College’s annual dinner. The dinner itself ends with the annual lecture and there have been some impressive guest lecturers over the years.

  • Mozart’s Bistro, Newmarket Races; 17 Jun11

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    Remember wedding anniversary: tick. Arrange suitable celebratory event: tick; we were going to see Jools Holland at a Newmarket races music night. Ensure good weather: oh dear!

  • Fireworks at IVC; 6 Nov 10

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    Bonfire night doesn’t seem to be the same these days. I guess there are some grounds to be grateful for that but I do remember when it was the autumn event. Halloween, now so beloved of the supermarkets which sell the related trash, was largely ignored. There were ‘penny for the guy’ merchants in the…

  • Gusto, Cookridge, Leeds; 17 Oct 10

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    I’m not a late riser but even for me 0600 on a Sunday was a bit early. However I bribed myself with the promise of a decent breakfast and the wife and I set off for Bradford at 0630.

  • Cottenham Ploughing Society revisited; 2 Oct 10

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    I’m of the opinion that bloggers who’ve got nothing new to say shouldn’t blog. So why should I do a blog on a subject I’ve already covered viz the Cottenham & District Ploughing Society (click here for that entry)?

  • Histon vs Barrow; 14 Aug 10

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    I’m not a great fan of football these days although you can’t avoid it and I did watch most of the more important world cup days. However I did grow up an avid fan, especially of non-league football of the Welsh variety, click here for more about that. Nowadays if it’s a choice I’d prefer…

  • Hawarden GS reunion; 20 Nov 09

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    The third Friday in November is a regular date for Hawarden Grammar School old pupils from the late 50s/early 60s to meet, reminisce and exaggerate. I’m not a great person for staying in touch which I regret so this year I went.

  • Jersey Boys, 12 Sep 09

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     Yesterday we went to London. Birthday treat to see the Jersey Boys. Being a child of the 60s the Four Seasons are of my era and being of a contrary nature I was always inclined to favour them over the Beatles. Which is not so say that I didn’t like them as well.