Saturday, 31 October 2009

The battle of the blogs Part 3 : 'small animals' v 'old people'

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Small animals, 'visits and page views' : Old people, 'visits and page views' : I've said my daughter has a blog about ...

Happy Birthday to Dick Francis and the other Old Timers who rose from humble beginnings

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Dick Francis , novelist, 89 today : Francis was born in South Wales, in 1920, the son of a jockey and stable manager,he left school at 15 wi...
Friday, 30 October 2009

Britain is no longer a country for Phil Archer of 'The Archers' radio soap of 60 years

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'Phil Archer',who died yesterday, at the age of 85, was an interesting man. He worked on the World's longest broadcast 'soap...
Thursday, 29 October 2009

Happy Birthday, to Peter Green, 'Man of the World' and three other special Old Brits

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Peter Green : blues-rock guitarist : 63 Jack Shepherd : actor and stage director : 69 Michael Jayston : actor : 74 Robert Hardy : actor 84 A...

Britain is a place for old urban squirrels

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Last year the problem of squirrels raiding the bird feeder for nuts and fat, had been resolved by greasing the pole of the feeder, so that,...

Britain is a place for old urban foxes

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I had occasion to be discussing urban foxes with 3 other old boys. Bob was having trouble getting to sleep at night because of the noise th...

Britain is a place for old urban herons

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Now for something more lighthearted. One of the ironies about life is that when you are young and have to make big decisions like : Do I go ...
Tuesday, 27 October 2009

The battle of the blogs : Part 2 : 'small animals' v 'old people'

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I've said my daughter has a blog about the 'trials, tribulations and rewards of being a small animal vet in Britain today'. Her ...
Sunday, 25 October 2009

Britain today - Weller's or Sting's ?

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Matthew Weston is a soldier in 33 Engineer Regiment of the British Army. He is 20 years old and one of the most seriously injured soldiers t...

Is Britain Today more a country for Paul Weller than for Sting ?

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Back in March 2007 the singer Paul Weller ( now 51), was taking his seat at Russell Brand's 'Teenage Cancer Trust Show in the Royal ...
Thursday, 22 October 2009

Britain's Google is a healthy place for the brains of silver surfers so say Gary Small and Teena Moody from the U.S.A.

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The graph shows 'web accessibility' for Older Users. Evidence from studies about 'the online activities of the elderly', sug...
Wednesday, 21 October 2009

The battle of the blogs : 'small animals' v 'old people'

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I've said my daughter has a blog about the 'trials, tribulations and rewards of being a small animal vet in Britain today'. Her ...

Britain is no longer a country for Ludovic Kennedy who crammed so much into one life

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Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy, writer, broadcaster, outspoken campaigner and committed atheist, has died at the age of 89 and Great Britain...
Tuesday, 20 October 2009

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I wanted a list of the posts I've published since May, so that I could check if I was repeating myself. Here it is, from the most recent...
Sunday, 18 October 2009

To blog or not to blog ?

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My daughter has a blog about the trials, tribulations and rewards of being a small animal vet in Britain today. Yesterday she had 58 visits ...
Saturday, 17 October 2009

Britain is still a country for the old men who once were members of Monty Python's Flying Circus

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"I'll give you 13 shows, but that's all," said the BBC's 'Head of Light Entertainment' in 1969, and 'Monty...
Friday, 16 October 2009

Britain says " Happy Birthday " to Old Timers, who have given so much pleasure to so many

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Max Bygraves. "Happy Birthday". 87 today . Entertainer and singer. Angela Lansbury. "Happy Birthday". 84 today . Actor. ...

Britain is no country for three old heroes called Done, Curtis and Legg

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On the 10th of October I published a post reporting that that a 67 year old, Lincolnshire Parish Council Chairman, Edmund Done and 72 year o...
Thursday, 15 October 2009

Britain is no longer a country for Barry Letts who gave us ' Doctor Who' and so much more

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Barry Letts has died at the age of 84. As an actor he figured prominently in those early black and white days of television drama in the 50...
Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Britain is still a country for one remarkable old professor called Denny Mitchison

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Professor Denny Mitchison, gets up at 6.30am most weekdays and by 8 o'clock, he is in his office at the University of London. He recentl...