Counting the milestones from cards, cake and jelly to hitting 74

Warning: may contain politics Sorry it’s been such a long, long time but let’s hope I can do better than I have done in the first half of the year. It has been an odd six months during which I marked my 74th birthday. I know it’s not a landmark birthday (that’s next year atContinue reading “Counting the milestones from cards, cake and jelly to hitting 74”

From big fish to little tiddlers

From timid little infants at Christ Church CP School Roger and I had come a long way to reach the pinnacle of Standard IV with Phyllis Owen as our main teacher. Two things happened in the Spring of 1961 and they were both to have a big influence on my future. Roger was involved inContinue reading “From big fish to little tiddlers”