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Today is the twelfth day of Christmas (as known from the song) and marks the end of the Christmas festive period in the UK, in Sweden we continue until January 13th. In the days of my youth in the UK, we took down our Christmas decorations the day after, Epiphany. Old tradition suggests that theContinue reading “Twelfth night”

WARNING: The following article contains violence and may be disturbing. Parental guidance is advised. Please note that this article concerns a “normal” visit to A&E with no connection to my brain tumour. The tumour has not shown any signs of activity and can be considered well under control. I woke up the other day withContinue reading “A visit to accident and emergency”

Back in 1973, a brass band was formed, on the initiative of Ralph Peters, in my village, Port Sunlight. I joined the band in early 1974, to play the baritone. Although I had played the bugle, I had no experience of playing a brass instrument with valves. I could read music, having played the recorderContinue reading “Second best”

With the approaching coronation of Charles III, there is apparently a need for more bellringers throughout the UK. This was highlighted by Swedish television the other day. https://www.svt.se/kultur/brist-pa-klockringare-infor-kung-charles-kroning When I still lived in Port Sunlight, I learnt a little bellringing myself under the direction of John Hulse and together with some friends from the, nowContinue reading “The Bells”

Back in 1969, the James Bond film “On her majesty’s secret service” was released, with George Lazenby in the title roll and Diana Rigg as leading actress. The film caused a stir because it was the first without Sean Connery as Bond. For me, the film is most memorable for the song “We have allContinue reading “All the time in the world”

When I was about 6 or 7 years old, we lived in a house on the outskirts of Port Sunlight village, 156 New Chester Road to be exact. To the rear of the house were a set of garden allotments, which were a great playground for children of my age. We got up to allContinue reading “The pram”

The Fifa world cup has only just finished. Unfortunately, neither Wales nor England came out victorious, although both gave a fairly good account of themselves. My memories of the world cup go back to the final in 1966, the year England did manage to win. We were staying at my Nain’s house in Barmouth. IContinue reading “Roadblock”

Today marks two years since a glioblastoma was discovered inside my head. Since then, I have had one operation, radiation therapy, electric field treatment, cytostatics and loads of different tests and scans. After all of that, I am still here and feeling healthy. The results of the latest MR-scan will be here soon. Then weContinue reading “Two years”

Spring and summer, for me, means getting out into the countryside. Either for long walks, bike rides or a round of golf. Churchill once described golf as an effective way to ruin a good walk. The way I have been playing lately, I tend to agree. Being out in the countryside also means being exposedContinue reading “Tick the box”

I just took a look at the read-statistics for my blog for the last couple of weeks. On average the site receives a visit every third, which is quite good considering that it has been neglected for some time. Almost half a year has passed since my last entry. For the past six months, IContinue reading “All quiet on the western Front.”