Maybe it was Santa Claus? As the twelve festive days of Christmas now fade away into memory and we start once again to work on our extended waistlines whilst wondering where we will spend our next holiday in the sun, let us spare a moments thought for the cash-strapped residents of a Melton Mowbray of […]
A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” – (George Orwell, ‘Animal Farm’) As a concerned and conscientious senior citizen and local bird-lover to boot, I like to think that I perhaps do apportion my proper share towards supporting the avian population of my town during these increasingly cold […]
‘Google’ problems have caused me the loss of illustrations to this post. I am currently doing a re-write and renovation job for the near future. PART I – THE BALDOCKS OF CRAVEN LODGE An Unwelcome Visitor to the Lodge! As you might well be aware by now, the rejuvenated Craven Lodge which sits opposite my […]
Brewster Sessions Rural life was fairly uncomplicated in the final years of Queen Victoria’s long reign and without doubt there was only really one form of popular entertainment for her subjects. Without the cinema or television to entertain them during their precious hours away from work, the great majority took their pleasure from the liberal consumption of alcohol in […]
MELTON MOWBRAY - In My Mind. 