The Potion
When we were little, my brother and I dreaded falling ill. Not because of the fever that gave us chills or the cough that made our ribs hurt or a million visits to the bathroom that left us dehydrated. … Read the rest
Life with my Grandparents
I was very lucky to be loved and cared for by my grandparents for a very long span of my life.
My paternal grandfather died at the age of ninety two in 1980. My grandmother passed away three years later.
I.R.A. Activity in London – THE HARROD’S BOMBING
It was unfortunate that the day our son Robert went to Harrods to buy a Christmas present for his father, the IRA should choose the same day to try and blow up Harrods. Robert had bought the gift and left
To be a butterfly
It is a sunny October afternoon in Cambourne and I am looking through the window at my garden where a model of a large light blue butterfly is attached to the garage wall facing me, and where in the summer,
In Search of Spirituality
In October 1976 I and my ex-wife Chrissy went out to India to live the spiritual life. We had gone there two years previously “to find our Guru” as was the case with quite a few westerners at that time. … Read the rest
Evacuation from Ferozepur
It was August 1965. My family lived in the army cantonment of Ferozepur, Punjab, in northern India. I was 10 years old when the war between India and Pakistan began[note]The 1965 war was the second between the two nations
Wartime Summer
The farmer peered out of his kitchen window at the hanging heads of corn, ripe and ready for the swift guillotine of the binder. He was waiting for the army lorry to deliver four German prisoners-of-war from the nearby camp
The Gold Watch
The Gold Watch
It was fortunate that Lilly was in the kitchen when the bomb went off. All the bay windows at the front of the three storey Victorian house imploded resulting in airborne razor like shards of glass.
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The Bourn Connection
During World War Two I served in the WAAFs[note]Women’s Auxiliary Air Force was formed in 1939 when another world war became imminent[/note] from 1942 to 1946 as a motor transport driver. After demob and enjoying a variety of… Read the rest