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Tag Archives: Zimbabwe
Mozambique. Paradise lost.
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
Growing up in Norton.
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
Posted in Culture & Society, Education, Family, Family and Relationships, Farming, Healthy Living, Parenting, Poetry & Writing, Politics, Schooldays, Travel, Travel & Places
Tagged commercial farming, farming, Farms, Finance, Josiah tongarara, Knighthood, Norton, politics, Rhodesia, Rhodesian African Rifles, Robert Mugabe, War, Zimbabwe
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Lively lads, Grey House, Plumtree School 3.
Lively lads, Grey House, Plumtree School 3, and the continuing saga of Rusty of a Drysdale of and Spook’s drinking escapade. So we make it to the dining hall unspotted by any prefect or master who would betray us to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Education, Family and Relationships, Parenting, Kids, Family, Schooldays, Sports & Recreation, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, Characters, cricket, cultural differences, english, English teachers, ethics, farming, Grey House, humour, lively lads, Plumtree, Plumtree School, South Africa, writing, Zimbabwe
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Lively lads, Grey House, Plumtree school.
Lively lads, Grey House, Plumtree School, and it has suddenly dawned on me after all this time that that is in fact just what they were. It passed one by at the time but as time progressed and one left … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Poetry & Writing, Culture & Society, Education, Family and Relationships, Relationships & Family, Schooldays, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, Afrikaans, Black and White Minstrel show, Botswana, Cecil John Rhodes, Characters, Charles Fortune, Craven week, cricket, english, English teachers, ethics, fudge, Grey House, history, honesty, humour, lemon creams, lively lads, Plumtree School, Rhodesia, Rhodesian schools rugby, Rugby, rugger, Zimbabwe
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Horses, a stud, and a race course.
Horses, stud, and Borrowdale , Horses, doesn’t everybody love them especially women? A short journey then of my time in Zimbabwe, visiting my brothers horse stud and then onto the great joy of watching all these horses run at Borrowdale … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged betting, bookkeepers, Borrowdale, entertainment, horse stud, Horses, race course, Zimbabwe
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Lake Kariba and Zimbabwe revisited.
Lake Kariba and Zimbabwe revisited, still splendid but so many changes. The thing to remember is, that at the time Lake Kariba was the largest man made lake in the world built and completed by 1959. Something, really something, but … Continue reading
Posted in Family and Relationships, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged African game, boats, bream, Elephant, fishing, fishing rods, game, Hornbill Lodge, houseboats, Lake Kariba, Lakes, lodges, Rhino, Rhinocerous, small holiday breaks, speedboats, tourist resorts, Zimbabwe
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Lake Kariba and Hornbill Lodge.
Lake Kariba and Hornbill Lodge is one of those beautiful places which people need to know more about. A quiet solitude where one can find tranquility and a piece of ones soul again. I can vouch for this. On a … Continue reading
Posted in Family and Relationships, Farming, Gardening and home, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged accomodation, Afrikaans, commercial farming, english, English teachers, fishing, fishing rods, houseboats, Kariba accomodation, Lake Kariba, lodges, Rhodesia, small holiday breaks, South Africa, speedboats, Zimbabwe
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A life slips away:tribute to my father in law.
A life slips away Very brief epistle of my father in law who’s life support system is going to be turned off tomorrow. Now as it turns out it was a while ago but still seems like yesterday. There is … Continue reading
Posted in Family and Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged a life slips away, aircraft, commercial farming, death, english, family and relationships, farm, farming, life, light aircraft, pilots, poetry, poets, Rhodesia, South Africa, traditions, yesterday, Zimbabwe
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Ethical questions on your work.
To fire or not to fire.Ethical questions on your work I have fallen a long way down and am battling to come to terms with this. Lately I lost my job and consequently am left pondering on many things amongst … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged employers, employment, England, ethical questions on your work, ethics, fire or not to fire, Ireland, Rhodesia, South Africa, unemployment, work, workers, workers rights, Zimbabwe
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Cochlear ear implant pioneer.
The Cochlear ear implant is a medical miracle and don’t I know it. This is about hope, it’s about trying to inspire people not to listen to doom sayers. Sometimes life can treat you harshly, but many people have and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Education, Family and Relationships, Healthy Living, Internet, Medical breakthroughs, Parenting, Kids, Family, Relationships & Family, Travel & Places, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, Afrikaans, Albert Einstein, Beaumont Hospital, Cape Town, Cochlear, Cochlear ear implant, Cochlear Implant, commercial farming, deaf, deafness, Dublin, english, hard of hearing, Ireland, Los Angeles, medical advances, medicine, pioneer, pioneering, Rhodesia, South Africa, surgeons, Tygerberg hospital, United States, Zimbabwe
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