Monthly Archives: January 2021

Tom Jones was part of the story

Posted on 10th January 2021 by Ian

If it was possible to write an autobiography by reference to pop songs, then Tom Jones’ It’s not unusual would find a place in the early pages of the story.  It comes from those days when there were shops at … Continue reading →

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What did we do in winter?

Posted on 9th January 2021 by Ian

When I ask the boys at school how they spent their evening or their weekend, the most common answer is, “played games.” Even before the pandemic eliminated almost every possibility of outdoor activity, the majority of their leisure time seemed … Continue reading →

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Writing down family history

Posted on 8th January 2021 by Ian

“Ron is only about the same age as the Queen,” commented my mother. “He was younger than Guy.” Guy had died just short of his hundredth birthday, but what were a hundred years in a community of such long memories? … Continue reading →

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It’s not Twelfth Night in Somerset

Posted on 5th January 2021 by Ian

Always a sceptical people, suspicious of innovation and resentful about change, it took the English one hundred and seventy years to accept the Gregorian calendar. Introduced by Pope Gregory in 1582, it was not introduced in England until 1752. The … Continue reading →

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Ads for things like fizzy Corona

Posted on 3rd January 2021 by Ian

Being an age when I can remember TWW, the predecessor of Harlech, which became known as HTV, which was subsumed into the monochrome ITV network, I can remember decades of television advertising. Worse than remembering the ads, I can also … Continue reading →

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