Monthly Archives: August 2020

Magnifying past

Posted on 10th August 2020 by Ian

PTSD, it would be called now. Perhaps there was a name for it in the 1960s, if there was I never heard of it. The stay in Tone Vale Hospital lasted long enough for the visits to remain in my … Continue reading →

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Reg is in the greenhouse

Posted on 9th August 2020 by Ian

Reg was born at the turn of the century, at the turn of the Twentieth Century. Born in 1900, he was still working at the Kelway’s nursery in Langport when I spent the summers of 1978 and 1979 there as … Continue reading →

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Easily pleased

Posted on 8th August 2020 by Ian

We were easily pleased. A little thing could change a whole day. A Crunchie bar on a car journey, a glass of lemonade in a pub garden, a bag of chips from a waterside hut, a game on the beach, flying … Continue reading →

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Not going on holiday

Posted on 7th August 2020 by Ian

Our first family holiday was in 1971, a caravan in Lyme Regis for the week. 1973 was our most extravagant year, a week camping in a field outside of Saint Ives in Cornwall in August and a week in a … Continue reading →

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Teenagers

Posted on 6th August 2020 by Ian

A survey of fourteen  year olds shows that while few went to church, most believed in a divine power; while few believed in hell, most believed in heaven; while some thought life ended when you died, others believed in reincarnation. … Continue reading →

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