You’ll Hear In The Silver Silence…the third line from a song I know… Never able to fathom what had taken us to Llandudno to hear the Operatic Society or Musical Players about 1965 (it was actually the end of February 1966 I discovered later), I recollect that the leading lady sang so beautifully that I … More You’ll Hear In The Silver Silence…
in loco parentis… …is what teachers are, so I am led to believe. But nowadays the phrase is hardly heard. Having recently seen a gift – aimed at pupils who will be moving on – to give to teachers, I found the following motto on it a little peculiar. It ran: “Your students will not … More in loco parentis…
With the high instep and necessary low quarters, shoes became a problem. Painful ganglions and deformed toes also required a square front. We enter the shoe shop. “We would like shoes please”. “We have these”. Brogues. Leather through and through. Brown. Dark brown. Laces. Gibson front. Size 7 and a half. Me? Thin and uncomfortable, … More The Shoes and Where They Took Me
“…his paradise is your nightmare is my “Forget It”…Alan Whicker (1921-2013) on the reality of exploration and travel
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