Tuesday, 31 January 2012

My Father - Peter Richard Boyd Roberts

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Dad was born on the 2nd May 1917 at "Baulby", Busheywood Road, Totley Rise, Dore, Derbyshire. (Dore is now within the boundaries ...
Friday, 27 January 2012

Injury Time, The Tiger's Wife and Before I Go To Sleep

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I had previously read two novels by Beryl Bainbridge, only one of which ( An Awfully Big Adventure) I enjoyed. The one book of hers that I ...

Margin Call, War Horse and Coriolanus

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There are so many good movies out at the moment that I am going twice a week. And sometimes a small film pops up that I find far superior to...
Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows and The Iron Lady

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Although Tom Cruise is beginning to show his age, he is still able to impress with some of the spectacular stunts on offer in the new Missio...
Tuesday, 17 January 2012

My Mother - Dorothy Roberts

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Mum was born at 1 Johnson Street, Rotherham on 16th April 1923. Her parents were Ralph William Askew (see posting 2/11/2009)and Edith Agnes ...
Monday, 16 January 2012

Coming Up Next - The Story Of My Mother and Father

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Over the last couple of years, I have periodically been writing up everything I can remember about mum and dad. I found a basic desktop publ...
Saturday, 14 January 2012

Five years of retirement - Five years of my blog

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The first five years of retirement have gone so fast. Each year has been special in it's own way. This year, for example, brought our ex...