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“Where does SHE come from?”, Part Four
It was the ‘Swinging Sixties’, I was twenty years old. Looking back at myself, fifty four years later, I realise what a child I still was but, then, I thought I was a ‘grown-up’. I had just failed to get … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, aphantasia, portobello road, Swinging sixties, unmarried mother
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“Where does SHE come from?” Part Three
My second year at Central High was similar to my first, not very good educationally but fun otherwise. The school had a room which we could use at lunchtime to sit around, listen to records, chat to our friends, even … Continue reading
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Tagged 'A' levels, 'O' levels, fags, GCE's, Kennedy assassination, Latin, Logic, Michael Garrick, school dinners, Wateringbury
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ANTIFA – ANTI-FASCIST OR ANTI-1ST AMENDMENT?
I keep reading differing meanings if the word ‘antifa’. (See the title!) Is there someone out there in Twitter or Facebook land that can give me a definitive answer on which it means? Fascists would be against the first amendment … Continue reading
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Anyone for TEA – SELS?
When we moved into our lovely home twelve years ago there were things we knew we needed to change – the fact that the ONLY bathroom was on the ground floor was the most urgent, for me at least. (Many … Continue reading
Houston Floods
I am not in America so can’t do much in the way of flood-aid but please, if you have the wherewithal, consider going to http://www.houston-strong.com and sending a donation of things that will help rather than money which, at the moment, … Continue reading
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California Dreamin’, living in an empty town, 1950’s
Those of you who have read my other blogs will remember that when we left Reno we went to stay with my grandfather and his second wife in California. After a month or so, due to my mother’s not getting … Continue reading
PARIS! Where Did SHE Come From (Part two and a half) and some glimpses into the future.
We arrived in Paris in monsieur P’s Citroen DS in the early evening and my clearest memory of that glorious moment is l’Arc de Triomphe as we drove up the Champs Elysées in the dusk. I fell in love with … Continue reading
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Tagged 2CV, couchette, crevettes, Les Halles, Nice, Paris, rallye, Sacré Coeur, tripes à l'oignon
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A quick fix re: Where Does SHE Come From, Part Two
Please note that the above post which I published on the 22nd of August, appeared under the date 8th August and all the links went there. Now that I’ve edited the post and put in the correct publication date, the … Continue reading
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OMG – Who’s that looking out of the mirror at me?
I got up this morning, went for a pee and glanced into the tiny mirror over the basin in the loo. There was this old woman, old woman’s hair sticking up on one side, plastered to her head on the … Continue reading
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“Where Did SHE come from” Part 2 – The white haired woman grows up (a bit)
After our six weeks in Mrs Angus’s boarding house we moved into a sixth-floor flat in Queensway, just off the Bayswater Road. The flat was okay – it had three bedrooms, a very small bathroom, a large through lounge-diner and … Continue reading
White Haired Woman 