Monthly Archives: April 2021

A hopeless case

Posted on 5th April 2021 by Ian

His name seems to have long disappeared from local memory. It would be hard now to identify which fields he owned. The land was acquired by neighbouring farmers, the hedgerows grubbed out to create fields amenable to the use of … Continue reading →

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Ian Dury reprised

Posted on 4th April 2021 by Ian

A friend shared a meme that said being the age that he was meant he visited three shops, the optician, the pharmacist and Gregg’s bakery: specs and drugs and sausage rolls. It was the English band Ian Dury and the … Continue reading →

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An end of a holiday romance

Posted on 3rd April 2021 by Ian

Why did we do the stuff we did? At Easter 1977, a sixteen year old youth caught a National Express coach from Bridgwater in Somerset to Bristol, and then caught a coach from Bristol to Birmingham. It was probably the … Continue reading →

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Plots of my forebears

Posted on 2nd April 2021 by Ian

Once there was a family tradition of visiting family graves on Good Friday. The day would culminate with tea with Aunt Ella and Uncle Clem at their Pitney farmhouse, the table would be laden with food. Uncle Clem would prompt … Continue reading →

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Breaking up for the holidays

Posted on 1st April 2021 by Ian

The Easter holidays began this afternoon, two weeks and a day to sleep and to think and to prepare for the new term. In primary school days, Christmas and Easter holidays in primary school days would be two weeks and … Continue reading →

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