Monthly Archives: November 2019

Bingo nights

Posted on 23rd November 2019 by Ian

Driving through the village of Aller this afternoon, a sign at the roadside announced that the Christmas bingo at Middlezoy would be on 7th December. I wondered if they still held the Christmas bingo in Burrowbridge. I remember going to … Continue reading →

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Sports past

Posted on 17th November 2019 by Ian

The nephews’ rugby club ties lay ready for the Sunday morning match. Now playing at junior level, they must change into collar and tie after the match and conduct themselves in a mannerly way. Fifty years ago, there would have … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Bellots

Posted on 10th November 2019 by Ian

Remembering a young man from our road who died in the Great War recalled a mystery that we had solved ten years ago. We moved to the village of High Ham in Somerset in February 1967.  Our house was the … Continue reading →

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Firework night

Posted on 3rd November 2019 by Ian

The cartoon in The Times depicts John McDonnell, the Labour shadow chancellor, asking for a penny for the guy; the guy in the cartoon is his party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. It is a cartoon that would presumably have resonance among … Continue reading →

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