Originally posted on Notes from the U.K.:
In last week’s post, I mentioned that York Minster had fired its volunteer bell ringers. It was a small part of the post, but the comments it provoked have been fascinating. So first—because, admit it, you don’t actually read every golden word I publish, although I can’t think…
Originally posted on Voices from the Margins:
Carol A. Hand My heart is heavy with the news coming from Standing Rock, ND today. It’s led me to do something I rarely do. I’m posting a request for the help of all of those who follow this blog. For the sake of the health of our…
OCTOBER 25th … BALAKLAVA DAY. (a link to the ‘GUNFIRE’ Vlog) Amongst the cavalry regiments of the British Army…Hussars, Lancers, Dragoons, Light and Heavy, there is a proud tradition of celebrating /remembering the famous ‘CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE’ ..As immortalised by Alfred Lord Tennyson in his epic poem. MY first experience of ‘GUNFIRE’, a la ‘Balaklava Day, was on …
If you are a ‘watcher’ of the steelcityman vlogs on You Tube, you will no doubt have heard me saying, more than once, that I need new , better equipment … well, that day has arrived and I have replaced my trusty Nikon D3100 for a smaller, better, faster and altogether more super model to …
Here we are at the Northern General Hospital in the Steel City (Sheffield) … booked the wife in at 0700 hrs for a Cardio Inversion .. In short, the medics are going to induce a rapid heartbeat and then shock it back to normal with the Defibrillator/Pacemaker she has fitted. If it doesn’t work correctly …
An anti-fracking campaigner has been served with court papers during a tea party protest opposite Buckingham Palace. Source: Lancashire ‘Nana’ threatened with prison during Buckingham Palace protest … from an article by Ruth Hayhurst in the ‘Drill and Drop’ publication I’ve just caught up with this update of the Lancashire ‘Granny’s Tea Party Protest’ out side …
