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Category Archives: Stories
Update – 10 Year Celebration of The Eastrea Centre
Good to meet with Proffesor Ford again who was the driving force to get the Eastrea Centre built, many obstacles in the way and financing eventually funded mainly by the National Lottery. Cllr Dee Laws was there to officially honor … Continue reading →
Merchant Navy Day Today Sunday 3rd September
Some 45,000 British and Commonwealth Seafarers perished during two world wars. Merchant Navy Day was established in 2000 by HM Government and is on 3rd September each year, the anniversary of the start of the Second World War. While the … Continue reading →
Wouldn’t It Be Nice If We Had A Welcoming Police Station?
Having fought for some time and lost to retain our local police station – I will never give up…sorry – The professionals always tell me – we do not need a police station any more, because of modern, mobile policing….I … Continue reading →
A Salty Story – Jack Bell – Survivor
Today I had the great pleasure of meeting Ex 3rd Engineer Jack Bell, who came to visit me here in Whittlesey. Jack was the 3rd Engineer on the London Valour when it floundered off Genoa in 1970. We spent agood … Continue reading →
Sunday Reflection R&R Peace & Quiet
Someone asked me – how do I relax – well of course I often state that I go out collecting other peoples rubbish and litter as being ‘therapeutic’ – but with this year being somewhat ‘different’ and ‘challenging’ for many … Continue reading →
A Bit of Whittlesey History for the Weekend….
Whittlesey like many town/cities in the 1800’s to the early 1900’s had a workhouse…this is a small part of the history of ours…if a search of http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Whittlesey/ will reveal local names who were ‘residents’ of the establishment….there was ‘workhouses’ both … Continue reading →
A Little Bit of Fun For A Bank Holiday
My friends Suntan & Timmy (The tortoises) are sort of winding down a bit, however Timmy is still somewhat amorous….however whilst wandering around he found ‘The Doorstop’ which is a ‘stone tortoise’ it took him a little while to decide … Continue reading →
Humbled and Thank You RG Web Blog Hits 1,500,000
I am humbled indeed for my achieving another milestone of 1.5 Million visits on my simple web-blog at 10:02 this morning. As I have said on many occasions, this is the ‘only’ place you will get factual information – NO … Continue reading →