Archive: “Family”
Susan, Sarah, John and I were on a caravanning holiday at Brecon in South Wales, when Susan came out with this gem. We had walked to the top of a nearby hill, taking with us an Ordnance Survey map of the area. From this vantage point we were able to identify, on the landscape below, […]
Read more »This story was told to me by Lee. When he worked for Kodak, in the role of photocopier engineer, he was required to attend a meeting on this particular day. This was a quite high-powered occasion, with various managers and supervisors present, as well as a dozen or so engineers. It seems the meeting had […]
Read more »Back in the 60s I had a strong interest in all things aeronautical and Lee and I spent many a happy hour beside the runway at Gatwick, where one could sit close up to the chain-link fence and have an uninterrupted view of arriving and departing aircraft. There were Dan-Air Ambassadors, Viscounts, Comet 4s, B.A.C. […]
Read more »We have in our bedroom a really attractive and useful bedroom light, which also has alarm clock and radio functions. It is about twelve inches high, overall and has rather the appearance of a mushroom. At the top is a white, hemispherical, translucent plastic shade, which imparts a suitably diffused light to the room. The […]
Read more »It was 1994 and we, Susan, Myself, Lee, John and Sarah were on holiday in the area of Rastenberg, in what had been, until not long before, the communist state of East Germany. There was considerable reconstruction under way, but it was very obvious that the area was years behind the west in many ways. […]
Read more »This story was told to me by my sister, Betty. She and her husband Ron were on holiday in Dorset, many years ago. On the day of which I write, they decided to go and enjoy the sunshine at Chesil Beach. They had set out a picnic on the pebbles, for which this area is […]
Read more »It was just after Christmas, 2004 and our friends Ken and Enid had come to lunch. Susan and Sarah had produced a very nice pie, with a filling of meat, cheese, egg and other things, too numerous to mention. They had made this pie on previous occasions and it had always proved very successful. We […]
Read more »My son Lee and his partner Debbie recently enjoyed a short holiday in Cyprus, an island which they have visited several times now. Whilst having a meal at a local restaurant they fell into conversation with the Cypriot owner and two waitresses. In the event they stayed most of the evening, exchanging experiences and listening […]
Read more »Susan, sitting in the sitting-room, looking out to the garden, remarked to me, “I don’t know, the kids of today are all gobby, whether they are humans or birds. There’s a couple of young starlings on the lawn, both bigger than the parent, shouting and kicking up a fuss. They are making all that noise, […]
Read more »My wife, Susan, School Librarian at a Grammar School, brought home from work a quiz. The type that has a number, followed by initial letters of a phrase. Looking through this I saw “88 TFL”. I said, “Oh yes, 88 two fat ladies.” Later in the evening Susan was writing in the answers and said […]
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