Category Archives: History

A Quiet Day

Posted on August 17, 2020 by armund

Julian Bream, the international classical guitarist has died at the age of 87 years. His obituary ( BBC dot co dot uk website) has a wonderful end-of-life story from him. After being knocked over by a dog, he broke both … Continue reading →

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Sunny Day

Posted on May 23, 2016 by armund

What a great day. The sun shone from the start and it warmed up too. There were a lot of slug trails and a lot of missing leaves on the bedding plants M put in last week. She is a … Continue reading →

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‘Been a long time

Posted on May 22, 2016 by armund

I have finally sent the book off for publishing. That’s not to say I have an agent or sum-such, I have to pay a small fee for them to design the cover and then to upload it onto Amazon, Lulu … Continue reading →

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Home Again

Posted on September 28, 2015 by armund

We are at home now. It only took 4.5 hours to journey from South London. I have spent most of the day putting everything back into it place until next time and cleaning and sterilising all of the water equipment. … Continue reading →

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Richard the Second

Posted on July 24, 2015 by armund

  We were in London a couple of weeks ago and went to see Richard the Second at the Globe Theatre. I was brilliant, I loved every minute of the sell-out performance as did most of the audience. Not all … Continue reading →

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Infatuation and Miss Boston

Posted on May 21, 2014 by armund

Before you fall in love, you have to get some practice in and your sub-brain seems to do this by fooling you into seeing someone as perfect, it usually chooses someone unobtainable who you can’t win. Well for pubescent boys … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Pageant.

Posted on April 27, 2014 by armund

The Lord Mayor of London’s Pageant John Herbert, the Lord Mayor’s factotum, walked into the drapers shop in Cripplegate, London owned by Anthony Munday the writer and poet. “I’m here to see Anthony Munday.” Announced Herbert. “He doesn’t actually concern … Continue reading →

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Wheels of Fortune – Chapter One

Posted on February 7, 2014 by armund

The short story about a young man’s bicycle journey from Wales to Yorkshire in the 1930s called ‘Wheels of Fortune’ is now a separate Page to be found on the command line at the top.

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Eulogy

Posted on February 6, 2014 by armund

The funeral is over now and dad is laid to rest. Eulogy RWM Our dad was a wonderful father and a smashing granddad and we all loved him. He was born in Workington, Cumbria on the 23 Feb 1920. King … Continue reading →

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Who wrote Shakespeare?

Posted on July 26, 2013 by armund

Shakespeare was a nom de plume of someone but we don’t know who. William Shakespeare the gentleman farmer from Stratford upon Avon was not the writer; I don’t think that he ever left Stratford but instead lived out a comfortable … Continue reading →

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