John Burke's a-Musings

Oh dear, another week has gone by! Well, I've found enough to keep me busy without venting my spleen at anyone or feeling the urge to ra...

I love this! On the back of this postcard it says "This is a real photograph." In actual fact it's a bit of a pre-digital ma...

I thought it might be fun to choose a photo at random from the many thousands I've taken over the years and see if I could dredge up a m...

A hand-coloured postcard showing a decidedly ancient lorry is my offering for today. The caption reads " Strand Street and The Weavers...

We played a charity gig in aid of Sports Relief last night at Bispham Conservative Club arranged by the ladies from Sainsburys store next do...

"We're doing a charity walk" , Fran said. "What???" "It's only a mile..." she added hastily. Ah, wel...

Last night I was looking forward to an uncomplicated night and a meal of sausage egg and chips. I thought I might push the boat out and shak...

Do boys, I wonder, in these days of computers and Nintendo, still go through a phase of collecting stamps? My old stamp albums are still kno...

I used to make a point of buying postcards everywhere we went and have quite a large collection, but recently I realised the bits of the hou...

Whenever I'm in Keswick I invariably go to have a browse through the old records at my favourite antique store. This time I came away wi...

It's Fran's birthday today! To celebrate I took a day off work in lieu of working on Saturday and took her on a day out. We went ...

Far too long since I mentioned the http://bispham2.blogspot.com/search/label/ladiesoverthewater">Ladies-Over-The-Water . Evy, who li...

I mentioned recently that we were going for a meal at Frankie & Bennies. Prophetically it was at the end of a post entitled Trials and T...

Ye gods, I've just sat through the most depressing presentation I've ever had the misfortune to endure. It never ceases to amaze me ...

I spent yesterday at the old Royal Naval College at Greenwich. It is now Greenwich University. Altogether an impressive place. Clive and ...

I got the Spring Newsletter from my favourite Bond Girl, the glamourous Caroline Munro yesterday. I see there's to be a reunion of the c...

We've gained a new backing singer! David's wife Jeannie joins us for a bit of help on the chorus of Be My Baby . Which is a good th...

Desperately casting about for something to say... I see from the archives that 17 years ago on the 4th March we took our daughter Gillian to...

I suppose it was inevitable wasn't it? I mention finding a load of photography magazines from the 1980s and then get emails wanting to ...

Ah yes... perhaps a little remiss of me, but it has been a busy week. Since my last missive I've been to Glasgow, Lancaster, Newcastle ...