It’s been a very long time since I last wrote a blog.  Let’s see if the old grey matter is still working. My life has…

For many of us, this is a problem we face every day. Clearly, if you are reading this ” Chatters” is a major part of…

This is the first blog I’ve ever presented and I’m not even sure it will make it past the starting post but here goes.  I’ve…

There was an old lady named Anna She milked a cow with a spanner The Farmer came out and gave her the sack So She…

Put a group of seniors together and it is not long before someone  says…. There is no taste in the food these days. I always wonder…

In the mid-1960s some friend accompanied me on a ride from Colchester to Welwyn Garden City where the world famous Glen Miller Orchestra, which had…

With the internet and all the questionable, supposed information being posted by established media and blogs and just kooks on Youtube and elsewhere, how do…

I have already been asked what “Op” shops are – Well I should explain that years ago they would be been called second-hand shops, but…

A few years ago, Lynne Truss, a literary editor wrote a book….Eats Shoots & Leaves. It is a surprisingly good read, given that it describes…

Many years ago (1947) to be precise, my Father was acting as the Brightlingsea reporter for two of the local News Papers The East Essex…