Monthly Archives: June 2020

Could have done better

Posted on 25th June 2020 by Ian

Concerned that the words might be read again by someone somewhere in fifty years’s time, I have spent much of the day carefully writing reports for the twenty-five students in my Year 7 tutor group. It was a relief not … Continue reading →

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For the sake of it

Posted on 24th June 2020 by Ian

Apropos of nothing at all, a story from days in Ireland as I pushed my trolley around Sainsbury’s. The story is of a man who lived in the Ireland of the 1950s whose two best friends had left the country … Continue reading →

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Didn’t we have a lovely day?

Posted on 23rd June 2020 by Ian

A day trip to Weymouth by train from Langport required two changes. Having a good day out meant catching the 8.03 from Langport West to Yeovil Town (the next train was not until two hours later), where the shuttle train … Continue reading →

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Hannah’s holiday

Posted on 22nd June 2020 by Ian

Aunt Hannah was a cousin in some degree of my grandfather. In the intricate complexity of our family tree, it is possible that she was a cousin in more than one degree. In small rural communities, intermarriage of cousins was … Continue reading →

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Immeasurably poorer

Posted on 21st June 2020 by Ian

Millfield was said to have been the most expensive school in England, perhaps it still is. The school, which was situated eight miles by road away from our village, had a boarding house on our village green. The house was … Continue reading →

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