Tag: Mum

Is That An Andy Warthog?!

I called at my mum and dad's this morning. It was an unsettling first ten minutes or so at their modest detached abode on the outskirts of Leeds. When I say modest I don't mean it is small, I'm referring to the fact it doesn't like to brag about its part in Leeds United winning... Continue Reading →

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I Didn’t Know It Was Swearing Mum!!

A few days back I relayed recollections from my young childhood. While I mulled over a topic for today's prose my wife Karen, who'd enjoyed that prose, suggested I journal further memories from the same era........... Only funny ones this time. To be honest, what she really said “Was it you who ate that last Kit... Continue Reading →

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Sinatra Sings But Walt Disnae!

On this day 1971 Walt Disney World was opened in Orlando, Florida. It was a day of excitable kids, colourful characters, mixing with goofy, a rollercoaster ride of emotions and constantly dipping into dad’s wallet. That’s how my mum remembers that day at our Low Fell home anyway! …….. I’ve no idea what Disney World... Continue Reading →

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Oh Mr Porter, What Shall I Do?!

It’s 6th September already. This year is absolutely flying it only seems like yesterday that it was 5th September. Today is my mum’s birthday. She is in esteemed company as she shares the same birth date as Basil Brush’s minder, an extra from Coronation Street and French engraver Eve Luquet. The day she was born... Continue Reading →

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My Bruvver

Apparently it's National Brothers Week! To celebrate I forwarded the picture below to my brother Ian. The picture was taken in the early 1970’s and it captures the image of when we famously caught a milk bottle whilst net fishing in Oban! At the time it was the largest freshwater bottle ever caught in Scottish... Continue Reading →

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