Archive: “Seen and heard”
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 »One of our favourite areas, in our caravanning days, was the beautiful and spectacular Elan Valley, in mid-Wales. The river Elan has been dammed at several points near the town of Rhayader, in order to provide a water supply for Birmingham. The resultant lakes have enhanced the already lovely countryside and provided scenery to equal […]
Read more »A neighbour, mother of two primary school children, was in the habit of walking them to the local school each morning. She often had trouble getting them going for the 9 o’clock deadline and was very concerned that they should not be late. One morning, in her frustration, I heard her shout at them “If […]
Read more »Some years ago, when I was in my late fifties, I was in the habit of having my hair cut by a young woman who used to come to the house for the purpose. One evening, when she was attending to my reasonably decent crop of hair, I remarked that my father had been bald […]
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 »In our local Health Centre waiting room, not long ago, I was sitting waiting my turn. The chairs are set out in about six rows, with each row numbering about eight. I was in the front row and to my right were two women, one about seventy years old and the other, somewhat younger was […]
Read more »Last Autumn I bought new glasses from Specsavers in Tonbridge. Unfortunately this was not a smooth and straightforward operation and resulted in my making repeated visits to the shop, before I was finally satisfied with my purchase. As a result I came to know several of the young ladies on the staff quite well. I […]
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 »This was the lead story in our local free newspaper, the KM Extra, dated October 22, 2004. Injury of crazed flat siege man Police baton round hits him in groin A CRAZED dog snatcher who hurled a bizarre array of weapons at police and threatened to shoot them with a golf club has been jailed. […]
Read more »Scene from an American film: A man storms into a bank and demands to see the the manager. Upon being told that he must wait, he heads for the managers office, in no mood to be refused. The alarmed receptionist calls after him, “You can’t go bursting in, the manager is servicing a client!”
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