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Mozambique. Paradise lost.

Posted on August 19, 2015 by

Mozambique. Paradise lost. Is just my short recollection of the many splendid holidays I had there at the holiday resort Beira, which like most things in Africa, now no longer exists as we knew it anyway. How dreadfully sad. Of … Continue reading →

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Growing up in Norton;Neil.

Posted on May 24, 2015 by

Growing up in Norton;Neil. Is just something I have been meaning to write about for a long, long, time now but haven’t for reasons which you will realise later in the post. Now Neil Wrench was two years older than me … Continue reading →

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Growing up in Norton; Continued.

Posted on April 29, 2015 by

Growing up in Norton; Continued. Is just a short story of my early life in the small farming community of Norton in the then Rhodesia. So many names and such good fun. Riley’s and Wrench’s, Moor’s and Bryson’s, Dobson’s and … Continue reading →

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Growing up in Norton.

Posted on March 23, 2015 by

Growing up in Norton. Now it was a long time ago, but at the time it was an idyllic time in our country which was known as Rhodesia. Where do I begin to tell the story, the sweet love story … Continue reading →

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Gibraltar.

Posted on January 27, 2015 by

Gibraltar. A visit there with the family on our trip to Spain. It’s a strange old world in the end because although I had an excellent education, and came from an Old Colonial country. I always thought that Gibraltar was … Continue reading →

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Billy and Flash, Flash and Billy.

Posted on September 16, 2014 by

Billy and Flash, Flash and Billy, two of the loveliest blokes one could ever meet. I first met these two lads whilst at Gwebi Agricultural College, sometimes known as College of Knowledge while studying for my agricultural diploma. Without a … Continue reading →

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Another Graduation, Done and dusted.

Posted on June 10, 2014 by

Another Graduation, Done and dusted, just a short story of my youngest daughter’s graduation at University College Dublin. The immense pride, the beautiful setting here in the grand old land of the green. Now my wife and I live in … Continue reading →

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