Flashbacks
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Were You a Child of the 70s?
My son and I were discussing his primary school the other day and how times have changed. I showed him an old photograph I had of a classroom from my junior school, many…
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If I Could Turn Back the Clock!
I was having quite a deep conversation with my son the other day about life. These opportunities are rare; yet for the majority of the time these chats of ours can become remarkably…
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I Saw a Panda
Do you like nostalgia? Approaching middle age? I am middle aged, well I’m at the top end of middle aged, but I won’t go into that; I have noticed more and more as…
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The Christmas Presents I Received in the Past that Turned out to be a Bad Idea.
I loved Christmas as a child and I quite like it as an adult. I was having a think yesterday about all the presents I have received over the years that turned out to…
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My Favorite Teacher
I was a shy 11 year old sitting in my first music lesson at secondary school on my first week. It was a big scary place. Lots of big kids jostling around in…
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Your Grandfather was a Rag and Bone Man!
I was looking at some old black and white photographs the other day of my great-grandmother when she was a baby. It was in my Aunt’s collection which I remember looking at when…