• The wanderer returns

    May 2, 2023

    I wont pretend to remember all that has happened since last I produced a Blog, I did have a very quick trip to Colchester to…

    Life Begins at 40

    October 17, 2019

    A popular expression that applied to me – I was running a small struggling Record Company in Colchester and supplied discs to a New Zealand…

    Blog Complaints

    August 6, 2019

    I am tempted to enter into this discussion = if only to speak up for Tania and the hard work she is doing on our…

    Remember When?

    June 12, 2019

    Do you remember when A Takeaway was a mathematical problem Curry was a surname A takeaway was a maths problem Pizza was a leaning tower…

    Your Way Out

    June 2, 2019

    You’re a sick senior citizen and the government says they are going to sell your house to pay for your nursing care, so what do…

    A Life Well Lived

    May 10, 2019

    In 1917 a boy was born in Brightlingsea, England – he was a sickly child who amongst other ailments, suffered from Rueumatoid Arthritis. He was…

    Occupying Our Minds

    May 6, 2019

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

    An Odd Ode

    April 26, 2019

    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…

    The Glen Miller Legend Lives On

    April 15, 2019

    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…

    The Joy of “Op” Shops

    April 1, 2019

    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…