Monthly Archives: August 2020

The end of the war

Posted on 15th August 2020 by Ian

The anniversary of VJ Day passed without excitement. A Union Jack was projected onto the Hanging Chapel in Langport, the odd flag and length of bunting was hung up. The day was similar to all the other days of this … Continue reading →

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A lack of industry

Posted on 14th August 2020 by Ian

Passing a closed business building, there was a sense of encouragement from seeing lights shining through a reception door. In this year of all of the years of the post-war era, the news that the building was to be refurbished … Continue reading →

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Why are the nice things all bad for you?

Posted on 13th August 2020 by Ian

Langport didn’t used to be so filled with temptation. It didn’t used to have such a range of places to eat and places to buy baked food. It didn’t used to have such a variety of shops selling biscuits and … Continue reading →

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Commercialism

Posted on 12th August 2020 by Ian

There were certain seaside places that were not favoured by my father. “It was a lovely place, ” he would comment, “but they have spoiled it by letting it become too commercialized.” Listening to him, it would have been hard … Continue reading →

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I do like to be beside the seaside

Posted on 11th August 2020 by Ian

Where is the best seaside to be beside? Undoubtedly, Lyme Regis in Dorset. I was eight years old in 1969, when I first remember going to Lyme Regis. It was a wet day in August, (there seem to have been … Continue reading →

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