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On Saturday 26th September 2015 I wrote a letter to Benjamin Zephaniah. The previous evening he had delivered a lecture to Spalding...
- Oct 30, 2023
- 2 min
The Ghost of Burnopfield
The area around Burnopfield and the site of the old railway track is said to be haunted by a fearsome apparition with an "Eerie face with...
- Sep 16, 2023
- 7 min
Spalding's Butter Market
Down the side of Spalding's Civic Centre is a passageway called The Butter Market. Here is some of the history and the context in a...
- Sep 3, 2023
- 34 min
Freiston Shore – The Forgotten Resort of The Wash.
It is perhaps hard to imagine as you wind down the narrow roads approaching Freiston village and then a little further, two miles, to...
- Aug 17, 2023
- 26 min
Bourne, Lincolnshire - a historic and personal insight into its decline as a market town.
When a market town declines and evolves into another era of development it changes the character and the nature of people that occupy...
- Jul 30, 2023
- 3 min
HEATWAVE 1911
Heatwave, drought and wildfires ravage much of Europe and North America. There is talk of war with Russia. Concerns are voiced over UK...
- Jul 21, 2023
- 3 min
Wooden Dollars and Trade Tokens
You may have heard the phrase “wooden dollars” when referring to spurious values of such items as natural capital values. The term refers...
- Jun 12, 2023
- 2 min
Eider Ducks
The first time I saw eider ducks in the wild was in Amble Harbour, Northumberland about 15 years ago. December 2022 saw me move to Ambl...
- Jun 11, 2023
- 3 min
Alnmouth to Spalding
This is my third post about train rides and is about a journey om 19th December 2022. Christmas is approaching and I have just taken...
- Jun 10, 2023
- 1 min
"The Quiet Coach"
This is my second post about train journeys and is from my notes of 2018. Do you remember when train passengers spoke to each other?...
- Jun 9, 2023
- 2 min
"Leeds - Final Destination"
TRAIN RIDES – A DIARY ENTRY FROM 7TH DECEMBER 2017 Here I am on the 6.42 to Leeds on a windy December day. The train is quiet with low...
- Jun 2, 2023
- 3 min
Life Lessons Amelia
In the May 2019 Bank Holiday with my son Zak at Easton and Otley College in Norwich we decided to stay for a week in Stratford just south...
- Jun 1, 2023
- 2 min
The Things Children Say!
Talking to your children as they grow up, especially listening to them can be fascinating and amusing. It can also be scary. Luckily, so...
- May 13, 2023
- 6 min
Memories of Spalding Tulip Parade
Today the 13th of May 2023 heralds the return of the Spalding Tulip Parade. I now live in Northumberland, where my tulips flower much...
- Apr 28, 2023
- 2 min
Spalding and the Missing Stone of Scone
As the Stone of Destiny, otherwise known as the Stone of Scone, winds its way from Scotland to nestle below the King's posterior on the...
- Mar 11, 2023
- 3 min
The Trading of Ruffs from Spalding
The Ruff is a wader that has suffered exploitation over the years by man, perhaps the worst example being horrendous taxidermy that...
- Jan 11, 2023
- 3 min
Sat Nav Woes on Icy Roads
3rd January saw me drive to the local Vauxhall dealership in Morpeth from Amble. It was a beautiful morning but icy. Driving to Morpeth,...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 28 min
Holbeach - the Centre of the Universe
When I worked in Holbeach there was an old boy used to come into town most market days from Holbeach St Marks by catching a lift with the...
- Dec 8, 2022
- 10 min
Long Sutton, the village town.
“ I am here with my sister visiting this city. We are from Denmark and we think that the English people are very polite. Arriving to this...
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
Christmas Roses and Christmas Past at Cowbit
It is December and my garden still has roses in flower. Although with last night's minus 5 frost possibly not for much longer. Nowadays...
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