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To Guildford and Back!
One thing I always look forward to, is the annual all day booze up with my oldest group of friends. It normally falls in November with my birthday being the excuse to meander in and out of pubs before going on to watch a band or indulge in a hot curry. The Traditional Annual Boys Booze Up This year took us to the town of Guildford in Surrey, with the day culminating with a nostalgic trip down memory lane in the form of 'From The ...
Lesson One – Never Feel Sympathy for an Aussie
When I retired to bed last night England had dismissed Australia for 297 and were going along steadily at 74-2 on a pitch that was supposed to offer 500 runs to a half sensible batting team. At around 4.00 am, I woke up and nearly had a peek on my phone but I thought I would leave the excitement until the morning. Avoiding being like a kid at Christmas who opened his presents to early and had nothing to relish in the morning, I decided to ...
Baughurst Boys and Why England Don’t Win World Cups
When I was a kid in the 1970's, I was approached by Margaret Withey to see if I could gather up a group of kids from the school playground to form a football team to represent Baughurst Boys at Under 10's level. This came as something to a relief to my mother, who was frantically trying to keep me away from Cubs and Scout groups that were led by unregulated single men who suffered from sweat gland issues, drove three wheeled cars and still ...
Paul Smith – Fashion Designer
I watched a documentary the other day on the banking industry and for someone who as a child, struggled through tears of rage as my father told me how obvious it was that y=log 2 x, it was bloody difficult to follow, no matter how simplistic the narrator tried to make it. It turns out that if my father (mathematical genius and nuclear scientist) had worked in today's environment, he may well have, if he was morally corrupt enough, given up ...
Guy Fawkes and all That!
I know it is two days since the event but for some reason, this year I have been really intrigued by the origins of Guy Fawkes Night/Bonfire night/Fireworks night. This stems from a friend of mine Neale, commenting on Facebook that you never see kids doing "Penny for the Guy" around the local area anymore. It is, it seems, a thing of the past. Like everyone else, I have always known that November the 5th was associated with Guy Fawkes and ...