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- The Olympic Torch comes to town!The Olympic Torch passed this way today on its journey across the United Kingdom and the streets were lined with cheering crowds. Here are a few images from the day the torch came to Thirsk. Filed under: Misc Blogs Tagged: North Yorkshire, Olympic To...
- The Olympic Flame – It’ll be here tomorrow!Yes, tomorrow the Olympic Flame is coming to town. Borne aloft by a relay of torch bearers on its 70 day 8,000 mile journey around the United Kingdom and I shall be part of the throng lining the route to cheer it on its way. I knew the flame with its...
- Trapped in a cake shop by a jam raiderYes, I was well and truly jammed in with the doughnuts, squeezed by the meringues and almost spread thinly across the bread counter today. All because I had gone into the local baker’s for a bag of doughnuts. It’s a typical high street bakers, a...
- Wartime WeekendChurchill stood on the steps of the Town Hall, cigar clenched firmly between his teeth, two fingers raised in that famous ‘V’ for victory pose and gave a rousing wartime speech. Nearby the Wehrmacht in their field green applauded enthusia...
- It Happened Today!Do you sometimes wonder what happened on this day in years past? For those of you that do here’s a few musings to satisfy your curiosity. On this day 8 June: The burden of the housewife and domestic servant was considerably eased when in 1824 the w...
- PUBLISHED – “The Lady in Red Boots”What would you do? An elegantly dressed lady from the 1920s knocks at your door, invites herself in for tea, calls you “Sweet-cheeks… darling…my Romeo” and says, “Edward, I’m the lady in your dreams.” Only Eddie doesn’t live i...
- An Art Gallery without walls-The Yorkshire Sculpture Parkon Jun 3, 2012 in Misc Blogs art Bretton Hall countrypark Sculptures statues Yorkshire Yorkshire Sculpture ParkThe Yorkshire Sculpture Park covers over 200 acres and is set amongst the rolling countryside parkland and lakes of Bretton Hall, a 500 acre 18th century estate in West Yorkshire. Alongside original follies, landscape features and architectural struc...
- The Lady in Red Bootson Jun 1, 2012 in Misc Blogs "The Lady in Red Boots" Amazon books ebooks Kindle publishing short stories writingPublished soon, my latest ebook. How would you react if an elegantly dressed lady—from the 1920’s—knocked at your door, invited herself in for tea, called you “Sweet-cheeks… darling… my Romeo” and says, “Edward, I’m the lady...
- Wind Turbines Blown Away!on May 30, 2012 in Misc Blogs countryside CPRE Green lobby renewable energy wind power wind turbinesHurrah! Plans to erect four wind turbines in Norfolk have been blown away by a High Court judge. Sea & Land Power and Energy Ltd applied in 2009 for permission for four 340ft high turbines to stand on land close to an Area of Outstanding Beauty f...
- Out in the midday sunLady Penelope sashayed up the stairs followed by 7 Tracy brothers dressed in full ‘International Rescue’ regalia. There was no sign of Parker; he was probably parking the Rolls. A large contingent dressed in khaki safari shirts and shorts doffed...
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