John Burke's a-Musings

We're now back in the UK after another fearless - well.. almost fearless trip abroad. I dropped my iPod off the balcony from Deck 11 a...

Just a swift diversion from the holiday for a moment! I'm not sure what made me think of these things, but anyway... (Photo by Sarky ...

We were in Blackpool this morning to meet up with David and Jeannie for breakfast and afterwards whilst the ladies went off shopping, David ...

Talking of toys, there was a mention in the magazine about spud guns. I used to have one of these Spudmatic guns. It was a cap gun - you co...

The other day I mentioned my old Bayko building toy. Today the nostalgia spyglass turns onto the Dan Dare Planet Gun! Actually this was ju...