Monthly Archives: January 2022

Who do you really support?

Posted on 7th January 2022 by Ian

A teacher was absent and no cover had been sent. One of the boys asked if he could leave the classroom as he had caught sight of me passing in the corridor. I had a free lesson, so stood and … Continue reading →

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Not going to Westward Ho!

Posted on 4th January 2022 by Ian

Spending eleven days in Somerset, there were moments of temptation to get in the car and to drive. To go to places that were filled with memories of childhood, places that were unalloyed in the happiness of their recall. Then … Continue reading →

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High Ham in 1914

Posted on 1st January 2022 by Ian

There was a moment of delight in discovering the entry for the village in the 1914 edition of Kelly’s Directory. The village life described had all but disappeared by the time of my childhood in the 1960s, but the family … Continue reading →

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