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Anything and everything, just that it happened to me

Illusions

October 16, 2013

Imagine. You’re in hospital, severely infected, septicaemic. You’ve conscientiously handed over all your own medications. When your doctor comes to …

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Coming shortly to a skip near you

November 20, 2012

Catalogues are the bane of old people’s back bedrooms. Catalogues mean that old ladies’ back bedrooms are stuffed with dreadful …

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The lost mill: Castle Mill, Cheshire

May 6, 2012

My mother has reminisced about spending childhood holidays at her Auntie Amy’s farm close adjacent to the River Bollin at Castle …

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Batley British Legion presents (a true tale of thespian derring do)

February 28, 2012

You can tell he’s going to be a bore; the sludge-shade ‘slacks’ labelled him as Man From Greenwoods, or a cardboard …

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Model neighbours

February 28, 2012

I did. I was the only person who went to help. There was a blood trail going up the stairs  …

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Photograph album of the mind

January 12, 2012

I’m thinking about a drill hall photo which, when closely examined, reveals three misty figures by the gate: a round-faced …

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Spring Drill Halls with Mint Sauce

November 14, 2011

To reach North Wales from here, you have to drive through Betws y Coed, a village which has reached critical …

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Magic Treasure House

October 25, 2011

I have been in a magic treasure house!! The hand-craft jeweller I bought some little studs from told me about …

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Pontcysyllte

October 17, 2011

Seeking Ruthin Drill Hall

October 17, 2011

Edge out of the mist shawling Moel Famau, the car crabwalks down the round-shouldered mountain, then your peering eye is …

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