I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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Everybody knows about the 60s. It’s generally regarded as having been the best of times: great music (the Beatles, the Stones, the Beach Boys etc etc), pioneering fashion (the mini-skirt; didn’t women have knees before the 60s?) and the sexual…
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Thoughts on capital purchases; 29 Aug 10
I’m not really sure what prompted the following but I guess we’re all concerned, if not worried, about the state of the economy and that starts you thinking about what you’ve spent your money on. Anyway I started thinking about…
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Overnight in Tamworth; 23 Aug 10
Tamworth isn’t an obvious leisure destination. I first remembered it as a town on the A5 which I used to drive along half a dozen times a year to and from University. But those days are long gone and now there’s…
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Restaurant 22; 18 Aug 10
There’s no way that Restaurant 22 (click here for its web-site) can be successful. It’s too small, only about 25 covers although there is another dining room upstairs; it’s in the wrong place, not exactly city centre; it has no…
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Histon vs Barrow; 14 Aug 10
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…
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I’m angry with Barclays; 29 Jul 10
Barclays has told me that it doesn’t do shared equity mortgages if the buyer does not have the opportunity to acquire 100%. I complained and, to its credit Barclays responded promptly but, to my mind, inadequately. I’ve written back to it:
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Bridgnorth; 7-9 Jul 10
I’m tempted to describe Bridgnorth as a poor man’s Ludlow but that would be wrong and no doubt bring down the wrath of many. Like Ludlow it’s a Shropshire market town and both have town centres which date back centuries. However whereas…
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hotpot, Cambridge; 22 Jun 10
Yesterday was the wife’s birthday. It’s not really fair coming straight after our wedding anniversary but at least I got Father’s day in between (I just checked by the way and it is father’s and not fathers’ so it is…
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3 Indians; 11-18 Jun 10
There was a time when all Indian restaurants were the same. There was one in every town and most villages and they served the same formulaic fare: lamb, beef, chicken or fish with each of maybe 6 or 8 different…
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Edinburgh Odyssey; 2-5 Jun 10
Wednesday 2 Jun 10: the cat arrived at 0815. Not the one which teases my dog by staring through the patio doors but the Cambridge taxi service which takes me to the station. The driver was keen to talk which…
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