Monthly Archives: May 2020

Knots and problems

Posted on 11th May 2020 by Ian

I was never a person for Union Jack bunting. When I lived in Northern Ireland, it marked out an area as Loyalist and always had associations with the tensions of the marching season. In England, Union Jack bunting seems to … Continue reading →

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Lockdown is better than being a teenager in the 1970s

Posted on 9th May 2020 by Ian

I’ll tell you what, there’s a lot more on television now than there was in the 1970s, and there’s still nothing on. Searching through the television schedules, there’s a sense of what a Saturday evening felt like in teenage years. … Continue reading →

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The sounds of peace

Posted on 8th May 2020 by Ian

Born in December 1936, Dad was eight years old on VE Day. Born five months later, Mum reached her eighth birthday on 1st May 1937, just a week before the day that marked the end of the war in Europe. … Continue reading →

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Somerset significance

Posted on 6th May 2020 by Ian

It is heartening to see lines of lorries on the M5 motorway. Articulated trucks filling the inside lane and taking regular possession of the middle lane are a reminder that life is returning, that the world is returning to normal, … Continue reading →

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My Nan would have known

Posted on 5th May 2020 by Ian

The filing system in my grandparents’ farmhouse seemed to be two drawers in the kitchen sideboard. A diverse range of paperwork seemed to be stored in them, from the brown card tags that were fastened to the milk churns each … Continue reading →

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