Today’s literary offering is the 2,500th blog I’ve written and published on my website strachan.blog . To celebrate this achievement … More
Tag: tribute
She Was Beautiful
Seconds after our mother’s final breath the song Cavatina’s opening lyrics “She was beautiful. Beautiful to my eyes….” played out … More
Mally’s Bar
After a COVID induced fourteen month hiatus, I’m once again sat writing in a White Rose (WR) Centre coffee house. … More
Half Mast
While my mother sits in her armchair watching today’s funeral of Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, I’ll be shredding … More
Goodbye To Another Hero
Indelibly etched on GJ Strachan’s life canvas is the verve resultant from 1960’s/70’s football commentator David Coleman exclaiming “Lorimer. One-nil!” … More
Angela
Yesterday, there was no narrative forthcoming from the pen of yours truly. Understandably, attendance at the funeral of a good … More
Love At First Sight
On Sunday, my mother will reach the grand old age of 80. A milestone she’s reached with her rose coloured … More
Big Jack
Saturday reveille brought in it’s wake the melancholic news another of my boyhood footballing idols had passed. Jack Charlton becoming … More
Gray Day
Almost exactly a week after attending the funeral of a Gateshead Fell cricket club (GFCC) legend***, a club I represented … More