Monthly Archives: April 2021

Prince Philip: still dead

Posted on 10th April 2021 by Ian

John Bowman’s RTE Radio programme is a weekly search through the sound archives. One week, the archive included a particular recollection of Irish railways. Someone sending their personal effects by train had included a caged parrot among the items to … Continue reading →

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Upright furniture

Posted on 9th April 2021 by Ian

Harold and Glady called at the farm at Pibsbury each Sunday evening. Friends of my grandparents they would sit in the farmhouse sitting room and talk about the events and news of the week. Glady’s name was presumably “Gladys,” but, … Continue reading →

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Illiterate at life!

Posted on 8th April 2021 by Ian

Leaving the money pit that is my car at the garage, I left a note with the key, “there is a knocking noise in the offside rear shock absorber.” A call came from the garage. “Mr Poulton, we have replaced … Continue reading →

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A lost gig

Posted on 7th April 2021 by Ian

In 1980-81, I worked as a community service volunteer at a special school at Cranleigh in Surrey. The work came with board and lodge and £10 a week pocket money. I shared a  lodge at the school gates with two … Continue reading →

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Economics lessons

Posted on 6th April 2021 by Ian

Tessa was an early lesson in the power of economics. In 1979, in the days when the rest of the world was driving Austin Allegros and Morris Marinas, Tessa’s father drove an Alfa Romeo. Tessa’s father was a civil engineer, … Continue reading →

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