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Thursday, 10 November 2016
Graham's Granddad and His Place in History
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Miners' strike in Nottingham 1926 - Surface coal - Wollaton Some years ago a friend allowed me to copy this document, which was wri...
Friday, 27 May 2016
What''s your poison?
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We live close to the past. It's right behind us, breathing down our necks. The older I get, the more I realise that. Around 1905 .....
Friday, 6 May 2016
Like Enid Blyton 3
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Long before Colston Bassett (see Blytons 1 and 2), I was involved with another old country house. My parents were friends with the licens...
Like Enid Blyton 2
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Saturday night, coming up to 11 o'clock. In the top bunk, in the small glow of the kelly lamp I had fixed to the wall, I lay in my slee...
Sunday, 10 April 2016
Like Enid Blyton 1
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I I hated school. The mid 20 th century grammar school system was doing me no good at all. But I had another life. At the b...
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