I was born in 1939 BC.
That’s ‘Before Computers’.
Luckily I survived the following events in my life, such as
World War II, The London Blitz, Rationing, and worst of all… Archbishop Temple’s School.
During the mid 1950s I was enjoying Rock ‘n’ Roll and being a first generation teenager, when suddenly, just like Elvis, I found myself in uniform during ‘The Cold War’…and then
I became ‘a family’. Which meant that I sort of missed the ‘swinging sixties’, but still managed to look a complete prat in the 70s, just like everyone else.
During the ‘Thatcher Years’ I lost my hair and a lot of people lost a good deal more. My career fluctuated to say the least as I was demoted, promoted, fired and hired a number of times, but still I managed to stagger on into a welcome retirement and to celebrate 60 years of happy marriage.
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…….Entries.Posted by Big John on November 9, 2019
Rangoon War Memorial
In December 1941 Japanese forces invaded Burma.
By March 1942, they had captured the capital city of Rangoon.
Among the retreating troops was my ‘Uncle’ Arthur.
He was 26 years old and married to one of my father’s sisters.
He died during February 1942. His name is on the above memorial,
which records nearly 27,000 names of those with no known graves.
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Posted by Big John on November 5, 2019
Although I have been taking a few weeks off from blogging, I couldn’t resist returning for a short visit to ‘air my views’, once again, on the ‘PC’ everything offends me (or someone I know) nutters, who have once again managed to receive far more press coverage than they deserve.
To say that if the wording “Little White Town” is not removed, the town council could be classed as “racist white supremacist” is laughable comes as no surprise in this ‘woke’ and wacky world.
I can remember that it was not too long ago that school blackboards were replaced by white ones. So, is it time for another colour change ? … and … what do we do about the names of … President Trump’s Washington residence … Those famous cliffs at Dover … Bing Crosbie’s popular Christmas song … etc. etc.
That’s enough for now … I feel the need for a glass of chilled …
… vin blanc !
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