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The Railway Path
Yesterday I wrote of Kevin Lydon’s observation about the pretentiousness of my choice of cinema. This needs a little clarification. He thought I should be satisfied with the films on offer at the three circuit cinemas and one fleapit in Wimbledon, or the independent one in Raynes Park. He had a point. Today was a […]
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Contrasts
Coffee this morning with a friend in SW1, followed by lunch with another in NW10. I began with a walk to Colliers Wood, mostly through Morden Hall (National Trust) Park and Merton’s Wandle Trail. The boundary between the two is a modern tramline. The Wandle is one of London’s lost rivers; the trail being a […]
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Helpful Passer-By
Jackie tells me that when she went out this morning she encountered a passer-by helpfully picking up all the foxes’ leavings which had been strewn over our lawn (from a neighbour’s black bag!) and helpfully putting all the bits of rotten food into our not yet emptied, carefully packed, recycle bin! The young woman said […]
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Rubbish
Today’s walk was the Mostyn Road, Kingston Road, Cannon Hill Lane, Martin Way quadrangle. Passing Rutlish School in Watery Lane I remembered Mick Copleston, my boyhood friend who attended the school during the 1950s. A contemporary of his was John Major. In the photograph of the school cricket team which adorned all the newspapers after […]
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Hello World!
Welcome to WordPress.com! This is your very first post. Click the Edit link to modify or delete it, or start a new post. If you like, use this post to tell readers why you started this blog and what you plan to do with it. Happy blogging! Postscript: It has taken me all this time […]