Friday, 25 September 2020

Blackpool's Centenary of Trams Cavalcade, 1985

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1985 was the centenary year of the trams and saw several visiting restored trams. On 29 September 1985 a parade or cavalcade of these trams ...
Tuesday, 28 July 2020

A Bird Sanctuary Linked to Arthurian Legend

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Back in 1983 I was writing my, to date, one and only novel - a fantasy about King Arthur, but set within a version of England inhabited by a...
Wednesday, 22 July 2020

Blackpool Steam and Transport Day, 1992

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It was possibly a full weekend event, but my records show that we visited Blackpool Airport on Sunday 13 September 1992 for that year's ...
Saturday, 18 July 2020

Snow Falls in Blackpool and District

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Monday 31 January 1983. We awake to the sight of snow falling in Blackpool. Grabbing a camera, I set off to walk up the Promenade. Usual...
Wednesday, 25 March 2020

A Weekend in Amsterdam, 2001

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A set of articles covering our long weekend trip to Amsterdam with Leger Coaches in 2001. Each article can be accessed by clicking/tappin...
Saturday, 14 March 2020

Colour Artworks Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

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Winter in Burke Towers usually involves a degree of self-isolation even without any incentive from virus bugs. And whilst I've recently ...
Monday, 20 January 2020

Sunset of Note

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I think just about everywhere in the UK had a brilliant sunset last night, because FaceBook was full of photos of it. Anyway, here's ...
Sunday, 19 January 2020

Performing Solo

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It's January and there's never much for me to write about until the weather improves and I can get outside and hold a camera without...
Monday, 16 December 2019

Magical Markets of the Rhine Valley

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Join us for a long weekend trip by coach to the German Christmas Markets along the River Rhine, 6-9 December 2019. Each article can be ac...