Monthly Archives: July 2021

Monmouth past and present

Back in 1972, a historical drama series was made for British television. Filling a Sunday teatime slot, it was family viewing. It was of particular interest in our village because it had been filmed on moorland to the west of … Continue reading

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Facing down forms

“Missing bicycles,” the title of yesterday’s post, prompted an association as far from yesterday’s subject of the Tour de France as might be possible. It recalled one of my favourite passages from the works of Flann O’Brien, a conversation in … Continue reading

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Missing bicycles

There were withdrawal symptoms today. The past three weeks have been filled with the Tour de France. If time permitted, I would go into Steve, my colleague’s classroom at the end of the school day. He would open the ITV … Continue reading

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Novelty earworms

Since last week’s news story about businessman Toddington Harper’s plans to radically improve the electric charging points at motorway service stations, an earworm has remained. The BBC reports that Toddington’s parents named him after the service station on the M1 … Continue reading

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Village scenes

Drive southward from Tewkesbury and turn off the A38 at The Odessa Inn and the road to Bishop’s Cleeve takes you through Tredington, a small village with a Twelfth Century church and medieval farm houses. The warm days have brought … Continue reading

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