Collated as tributes to my mum who passed twelve days ago, over the previous few days my daily blogs’ve been … More
Tag: gateshead
A Geordie Walkabout
I’m sitting looking out of my Newcastle hotel room French doors across the River Tyne. Staring back from the opposite … More
Praying
Sunday witnessed me in reflective mood; in particular pondering matters ecclesiastical. Amongst numerous spiritual notions crossing my mind was if … More
Memories of Mimicry
It was an arching run up with trailing bowling arm and slightly unorthodox delivery action I mimicked on numerous occasions … More
Cough Drop & The Boys
I’ve just dropped my car off in Whitkirk for its annual Ministry of Transport test (MOT). Following a meander down … More
The Subbuteo Team Isn’t Always Greener…..
After my brief overnight stay in Gateshead, I’d an incident free odyssey south on the A1(M); arriving back in Leeds … More
Allerdene Field For Ever
I’m writing this prose in a hotel around a mile from the Low Fell home I was brought up in … More
John Wilson’s Haircut
Yesterday evening I watched a recording of a BBC Four broadcast of the John Wilson Orchestra from the Royal Albert … More
Four Candles, Please
The 1972 Miners’ Strike introduced me, along with the rest of the UK populous of that time, to the joys … More