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Monday Memories: Beginnings #1 – A Country Walk

September 16, 2019September 15, 2019 franklparker

The young woman . . . thinks it was a mistake to bring her mother on this expedition to inspect the cottage. Continue reading Monday Memories: Beginnings #1 – A Country Walk

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Monday Memories: Life After Retirement #5 – I Learn About the Famine

September 9, 2019September 8, 2019 franklparker

The genteman with Parkinson’s ceased attending the group. A couple of years later he came to me with plans for another book. He had been researching his ancestry in County Clare and had discovered that a female relative was among … Continue reading Monday Memories: Life After Retirement #5 – I Learn About the Famine

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Monday Memories – Birth of the Liberal Democrats

May 13, 2019May 12, 2019 franklparker

We had . . . sufficient equity in the house to enable us to purchase the flat outright. Continue reading Monday Memories – Birth of the Liberal Democrats

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Monday Memories – Into the Eighties #1

February 18, 2019February 17, 2019 franklparker

I “worked” every seventh weekend and one bank holiday each year. The seven annual bank holidays were rotated so that, in theory and for example, we only had to do Christmas Day once every seven years. Continue reading Monday Memories – Into the Eighties #1

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Monday Memories – South Africa Pt.3

January 7, 2019January 3, 2019 franklparker

He was one of the few people I met who was open in his contempt for Africans – he usually referred to them as ‘Kaffirs’ – and would pontificate about them and their perceived short comings at length given half a chance. Continue reading Monday Memories – South Africa Pt.3

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Monday Memories – 1971 – called to the bar

October 29, 2018October 26, 2018 franklparker

I was shocked to discover, when I looked on-line for a photograph of The Convoy, that it has been demolished to be replaced by eight houses. It was, in the 1970s, a friendly local venue where neighbours socialised. I guess it’s a sign of the times that such places have fallen into disuse. Continue reading Monday Memories – 1971 – called to the bar

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