Photography-It could be you

In November 2019  the UK lottery celebrated 25 years of saying ” It could be you”.  The draw used to be essential viewing on TV twice per week. To mark the anniversary of its launch many institutions which had benefited from lottery funding gave free admission to those who had a current lottery ticket.  A […]

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Photography-London Heathrow- The Future

I visited Heathrow Airport just recently and  it was a reminder of how much has changed or not. Having visited the airport since 1966 I have fond memories of it. I first flew into the airport in 1966 on a Bristol Britannia Turboprop- a turbo propeller aircraft.  As the plane was not a jet we […]

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Apollo 11, Blast off, 13.32 GMT, 16 July 1969 .

50 years ago to this very time 16 July 1969 at 2.32 GMT ie 3.32 pm . Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Canaveral for the first Moon landing. I have just come from seeking the film Apollo 11 and the achievements were out of this world. I vividly remember staying up to watch the […]

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Fitness- Blaze and the world of work

It was the dispute over safety that did it and so disrupted train services.  So by 7am I was back in the gym and the world of work just as before I retired. Gosh, isn’t 7 o clock early to be at the gym. Then I remember that I was normally on the verge of […]

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Travel-Ice Cream

Ice cream is the classic symbol of holiday travel. It could be that Soft Ice cream cone you had as a child on a day trip to the beach or now that you older a wonderful dish at the holiday resort you are visiting. We were on holiday and the hotel was right on the […]

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