Category Archives: Out and about

The little boys were perhaps three and four years old. Sure of foot and determined to go their own way, they ran from the tarmac path towards the park’s playground. The sun was shining on a mild spring morning and … Continue reading →

Always a sceptical race, 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 →

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 →

“What did you get for Christmas?” Even after the passing of just five days, how many people could accurately recall all that they were given? By the beginning of December 2022, who will remember even a small fraction of what … Continue reading →

“Ian, do you remember going around in the car with a blanket over your knees?” My mother looked at my sister and suggested it was a very odd question, why would I have gone around in a car with a … Continue reading →