Reg gets the handle "Goose" |
The ducks on the Baldock Weezer canal were peaceably feeding on the pondweed minding their business, where just over the hedge in the factory grounds the Benjamin Dover & Wince, patented Vesuvius ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:06:00 GMT |
Morris Davenports Religious Experience |
I may have already posted this. If so, then I apologise.It was a cold watery December light that bounced low over the surface of the Canal and splashed Morris Davenport as he tended to his eel baskets...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:19:00 GMT |
Alf tar bollocks Clithero meets his match |
(Have I already posted this?) Smoking was Alfred Clithero's occupation. He had a smokehouse at the far end of the Gas works' coke stacks that piled high along the bank side of the Baldock Weezer cana...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:23:00 GMT |
Some more thoughts from Reg |
My eldest daughter got married last weekend. The experience got me thinking about life. I remember her birthday and the joy and incredible emotion I felt as she came into this world. Now 26 years l...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:37:00 GMT |
If only tears would come |
To say I am devastated is an understatement. My dear mother went to hospital to have some treatment for osteoporosis last week; Treatment that was supposed to keep her in for a couple of days. The po...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:26:00 GMT |
Comestibles |
It was a familiar early morning sight, a bobbing Stetson on Sir Crispin Farquar Street. Baldock Weezer has its fair share of eccentric characters, and the owner underneath this enormous American hat...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:36:00 GMT |
Big Doris does the town |
Fairlop is almost at the end of the central line with sleepy avenues and tightly manicured privet hedges, pre-war semi's neatly painted and net curtains. At 25 Barkingside Avenue, Doris ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:26:00 GMT |
Eject! Eject! Eject! |
He's back! After all this time, he has finally returned to the fold. Great Uncle Eric was reduced to tears. It was a very emotional moment. He had flown in from San Diego, where h...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:02:00 GMT |
North south divide? |
I had a cheese scone last night and it got me thinking& I have always considered scone to be pronounced like 'gone', not like some people, like the Hyacinth Bouquet brigade that call then 'scoa...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:20:00 GMT |
Scotland the brave |
I went up to Scotland on a suppository fact finding tour of the Highlands and Islands this weekend. Most interesting indeed. But most of all is the refreshing lack of smoke indoors. As you know, I am ...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:21:00 GMT |
