Monthly Archives: November 2018

Going on a trip with Sid

Posted on 18th November 2018 by Ian

The mood of summer still lingers: deep blue skies and bright sunshine. We went to Watchet, where we had lunch in a cafe that served the sort of food that you might decide to have at home, and then to … Continue reading →

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Watching black and white television

Posted on 16th November 2018 by Ian

BBC Radio 6 this evening featured a news story that, “as at 31 March 2018, 7,531 black and white (mono) TV Licences were in force”. I didn’t realize that it was still possible to operate a black and white television, the … Continue reading →

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The investiture of the Prince of Wales

Posted on 14th November 2018 by Ian

It could have been a prop from one of those 1960s science fiction series. There was a rectangle of tubular metal which had a wheel at each of its four corners and from each of the four corners there rose … Continue reading →

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Avoiding PE

Posted on 12th November 2018 by Ian

Fifty or sixty students stood lined up outside the sports hall; girls in one line and boys in the other. A teacher stood at the front, giving stern instructions about getting changed quickly for the PE class that was to … Continue reading →

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Coming home late from the war

Posted on 10th November 2018 by Ian

Uncle Jack and Auntie Gus; their polished granite headstone in Huish Episcopi churchyard does not tell a fraction of the story. In memory, they were an old couple.  They would be sat in two armchairs beside a warm coal fire.  … Continue reading →

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