Category: Senior Chatters

It was December 31st, 1999. I was maintenance technician at our facility. I had been asked to stay until after midnight to make sure that…

In March 1967 my boss, at Rolls Royce Hire Co. (which was based in Chelsea, London) called me into his office and said “I’ve got…

I am putting feelers out to see if anyone might be interested in tales of my years as a chauffeur, firstly with the Royal Household…

I remember when I was younger, in my teens/20’s/30’s, thinking about the hobbies and interests of my parents.  My dad, now deceased, was always tinkering…

These Hands Grandad sat staring down at his hands deep in thought, in another place, His thoughts were far away, in other lands I sat…

For this tale we go from the 18th to the early 19th Century. The date is Saturday December 7th 1811, the time is about 11pm…

It was mid 2000’s I think and Myspace was still a thing.  Facebook was around too but not the global presence it is now.  Somewhere…

The dark clouds have lifted A bright sun has come out The virus is vanquished  Of that there’s no doubt The shops have reopened  Along…

The year is 1798. The Thames Marine Police Office has been set up at 256 Wapping High Street in July of that year….We now move…

Over the centuries London has been notorious for its brutal system of publicly executing those found guilty of committing capital offences against the state…. In…