All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
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These are a collection of memories, of incidents, events and observations that featured at different stages of my life. They are in no particular order; some are from my early childhood, some from middle life, and some from the recent past. This is by no means an autobiography, just a series of small windows into my life.
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May 2019
- May 28, 2019 The advent of rock’n’roll May 28, 2019
- May 27, 2019 Early television and The Silver Swan May 27, 2019
- May 24, 2019 University library snoozes May 24, 2019
- May 23, 2019 Singing with cracked voices May 23, 2019
- May 22, 2019 St Andrews corkscrew May 22, 2019
- May 21, 2019 Humber ferries May 21, 2019
- May 20, 2019 Little masked bandits May 20, 2019
- May 17, 2019 Cleethorpes rock and Tickler's jam May 17, 2019
- May 16, 2019 Not seeing the Titanic May 16, 2019
- May 16, 2019 Basil the friendly maggot May 16, 2019
- May 15, 2019 Radio Relay May 15, 2019
- May 14, 2019 Journey into Space May 14, 2019
- May 13, 2019 It's worth a pound if it's a penny May 13, 2019
- May 10, 2019 St Andrews society mottoes May 10, 2019
- May 9, 2019 The return of Stork margarine May 9, 2019
- May 9, 2019 Simple as that. May 9, 2019
- May 8, 2019 Dick Barton, Special Agent May 8, 2019
- May 7, 2019 Protest poems May 7, 2019
- May 6, 2019 Christmas bake and Christmas Club May 6, 2019
- May 3, 2019 Hitler was no a Pittenweem man May 3, 2019
- May 2, 2019 Bad-mouthing your country, I'll bet May 2, 2019
- May 1, 2019 People who lost dogs in World War II May 1, 2019
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April 2019
- Apr 30, 2019 Fascination with Sherlock Holmes Apr 30, 2019
- Apr 29, 2019 Coping with a Michigan winter Apr 29, 2019
- Apr 26, 2019 Shooting a rocket over the roof Apr 26, 2019
- Apr 25, 2019 Secretary of Mensa Apr 25, 2019
- Apr 25, 2019 We loved the pirate stations Apr 25, 2019
- Apr 24, 2019 Picturegoer didn't like Elvis Apr 24, 2019
- Apr 23, 2019 Buying my first dinner jacket Apr 23, 2019
- Apr 22, 2019 Grandmother's clock was 5 minutes fast Apr 22, 2019
- Apr 19, 2019 Learning to make jam and marmalade Apr 19, 2019
- Apr 18, 2019 Writing children’s science fiction Apr 18, 2019
- Apr 17, 2019 The only time I was snowed up in Hillsdale Apr 17, 2019
- Apr 16, 2019 A solemn school announcement of a king’s death Apr 16, 2019
- Apr 15, 2019 The pheasant who came to call Apr 15, 2019
- Apr 12, 2019 A St Andrews house without electricity Apr 12, 2019
- Apr 11, 2019 Adopting a house lizard Apr 11, 2019
- Apr 10, 2019 Addicted to science fiction Apr 10, 2019
- Apr 9, 2019 Escaping Hurricane Andrew Apr 9, 2019
- Apr 8, 2019 When the lights went out Apr 8, 2019
- Apr 5, 2019 Changing my name Apr 5, 2019
- Apr 4, 2019 Chickens roaming the streets of Key West Apr 4, 2019
- Apr 3, 2019 A modest literary hoax Apr 3, 2019
- Apr 2, 2019 Summer in a steelworks Apr 2, 2019
- Apr 1, 2019 Blogging about food Apr 1, 2019
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March 2019
- Mar 29, 2019 French for HP Sauce Mar 29, 2019
- Mar 28, 2019 My slot machine summer Mar 28, 2019
- Mar 27, 2019 Brave Captain Carlsen and the Flying Enterprise Mar 27, 2019
- Mar 27, 2019 Changing the wallpaper Mar 27, 2019
- Mar 25, 2019 Eating at the Gandy Dancer in an old train station Mar 25, 2019
- Mar 22, 2019 Looking at "the worst slums in Europe" Mar 22, 2019
- Mar 21, 2019 Brumas the superstar polar bear cub Mar 21, 2019
- Mar 20, 2019 Baw Beese Lake Mar 20, 2019
- Mar 19, 2019 Superstar rosé Mar 19, 2019
- Mar 18, 2019 Bang on Delta Mar 18, 2019
- Mar 15, 2019 Aylesbury duck Mar 15, 2019
- Mar 14, 2019 Novelty shop Mar 14, 2019
- Mar 13, 2019 Sea-plane to Victoria Mar 13, 2019
- Mar 12, 2019 Three Bears Club Mar 12, 2019
- Mar 11, 2019 Con Son prison island Mar 11, 2019
- Mar 8, 2019 Vienna Boys Choir Mar 8, 2019
- Mar 7, 2019 Working for psychiatrists Mar 7, 2019
- Mar 6, 2019 Roman triumph Mar 6, 2019
- Mar 5, 2019 Pearl Harbour from above Mar 5, 2019
- Mar 4, 2019 Falconry Mar 4, 2019
- Mar 1, 2019 Tae-kwondo Mar 1, 2019
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February 2019
- Feb 28, 2019 Train over the Rockies Feb 28, 2019
- Feb 27, 2019 Caesar's Gallic Wars Feb 27, 2019
- Feb 26, 2019 Cold comfort Feb 26, 2019
- Feb 25, 2019 Calligraphy Feb 25, 2019
- Feb 22, 2019 Brussels sprouts Feb 22, 2019
- Feb 21, 2019 Mosaics Feb 21, 2019
- Feb 20, 2019 The Prisoner Feb 20, 2019
- Feb 19, 2019 PhD flag Feb 19, 2019
- Feb 18, 2019 Eagle and Hotspur Feb 18, 2019
- Feb 15, 2019 Bed-ridden voter Feb 15, 2019
- Feb 14, 2019 Summer at Herstmonceux Castle Feb 14, 2019
- Feb 13, 2019 Sun precognition Feb 13, 2019
- Feb 12, 2019 Public Library Feb 12, 2019
- Feb 11, 2019 Pentax Feb 11, 2019
- Feb 8, 2019 Telescopes Feb 8, 2019
- Feb 7, 2019 Sand and tide Feb 7, 2019
- Feb 6, 2019 Pluto and Bonnie Jean protected us Feb 6, 2019
- Feb 5, 2019 Junior school trip to the brickworks Feb 5, 2019
- Feb 4, 2019 Train over the Rockies Feb 4, 2019
- Feb 4, 2019 Cigarette cards for games and currency Feb 4, 2019
- Feb 1, 2019 Privatizing Poland in 1989 Feb 1, 2019
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January 2019
- Jan 31, 2019 Indoor sky-diving in Milton Keynes Jan 31, 2019
- Jan 30, 2019 Posters about my book on the tube Jan 30, 2019
- Jan 29, 2019 My first hot air balloon flight Jan 29, 2019
- Jan 28, 2019 Segways in the Old Town of Nice Jan 28, 2019
- Jan 25, 2019 Watching Soyuz launches from close up Jan 25, 2019
- Jan 24, 2019 An airship ride over London Jan 24, 2019
- Jan 23, 2019 My book was flown in space Jan 23, 2019
- Jan 22, 2019 A helicopter to Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef Jan 22, 2019
- Jan 21, 2019 The thrill when a new book arrives Jan 21, 2019
- Jan 18, 2019 Caviar suppers with the President of Mensa Jan 18, 2019
- Jan 17, 2019 Eating your catch in a Florida restaurant Jan 17, 2019
- Jan 16, 2019 When I was blessed by a saint Jan 16, 2019
- Jan 15, 2019 Eating inexpensively in Lyons Corner House Jan 15, 2019
- Jan 14, 2019 Grandmother’s retro gramophone restored Jan 14, 2019
- Jan 11, 2019 Sunset every day on Malory Dock Jan 11, 2019
- Jan 10, 2019 Nine months in Washington after graduation Jan 10, 2019
- Jan 9, 2019 Times spent whale watching in different places Jan 9, 2019
- Jan 8, 2019 The time I almost bought a Scottish Castle Jan 8, 2019
- Jan 7, 2019 Quango, quango, quango Jan 7, 2019
- Jan 4, 2019 Crossing the Atlantic on the Stefan Batory Jan 4, 2019
- Jan 4, 2019 Novelty shop Jan 4, 2019
- Jan 3, 2019 Winning a contest on the Himalayas course Jan 3, 2019
- Jan 2, 2019 The boating lake monster Jan 2, 2019
- Jan 1, 2019 Hidden in the midden Jan 1, 2019
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December 2018
- Dec 31, 2018 Birrell's El Grotto Dec 31, 2018
- Dec 28, 2018 Willie Low's cheese ends saved many a day Dec 28, 2018
- Dec 27, 2018 Cigars with my name on them Dec 27, 2018
- Dec 26, 2018 How they recruited officers Dec 26, 2018
- Dec 25, 2018 Brandy glass request Dec 25, 2018
- Dec 24, 2018 Building a house on Ramrod Key in Florida Dec 24, 2018
- Dec 21, 2018 Meeting philosophers Dec 21, 2018
- Dec 20, 2018 An academic fraud exposed Dec 20, 2018
- Dec 19, 2018 Riding Fleetwood trams to Blackpool Dec 19, 2018
- Dec 18, 2018 An over-the-top Bentley turbo Dec 18, 2018
- Dec 17, 2018 Meeting the Devil at Paddington Dec 17, 2018
- Dec 14, 2018 Getting to Normandy became harder Dec 14, 2018
- Dec 13, 2018 The bag of vomit that changed history Dec 13, 2018
- Dec 12, 2018 A Concorde day return to Egypt Dec 12, 2018
- Dec 11, 2018 Catching daytime flights back from the US Dec 11, 2018
- Dec 10, 2018 Driving across America from North to South Dec 10, 2018
- Dec 9, 2018 Caring for kittens Dec 9, 2018
- Dec 7, 2018 It’s early doors yet Dec 7, 2018
- Dec 6, 2018 Didn’t want Dyer to win Dec 6, 2018
- Dec 5, 2018 Cycling to Scunthorpe Dec 5, 2018
- Dec 4, 2018 When the last train ran to St Andrews Dec 4, 2018
- Dec 3, 2018 Wandering through the mists on oven days Dec 3, 2018
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November 2018
- Nov 30, 2018 Playing a prank on CID Sid Nov 30, 2018
- Nov 29, 2018 Catching the Carnoustie hovercraft Nov 29, 2018
- Nov 28, 2018 Watching roads being surfaced Nov 28, 2018
- Nov 27, 2018 Remembering poems written in childhood Nov 27, 2018
- Nov 26, 2018 Free neighbor-provided garden foods Nov 26, 2018
- Nov 23, 2018 Making beer and wine at university Nov 23, 2018
- Nov 22, 2018 I'd always wanted a gold Cadillac Nov 22, 2018
- Nov 21, 2018 The war of the Phantom Woodworm Nov 21, 2018
- Nov 20, 2018 The wet vodka melon on a dry campus Nov 20, 2018
- Nov 19, 2018 Swindling the school chess championship Nov 19, 2018
- Nov 16, 2018 Playing laserquest battles while at Pembroke, Cambridge Nov 16, 2018
- Nov 15, 2018 My best birthday ever Nov 15, 2018
- Nov 14, 2018 My first winter in the Florida Keys Nov 14, 2018
- Nov 13, 2018 A pre-French Revolution 1789 Madeira Nov 13, 2018
- Nov 12, 2018 Jumping the blocks Nov 12, 2018
- Nov 9, 2018 Making models with Castime Nov 9, 2018
- Nov 8, 2018 Braiding in the front room Nov 8, 2018
- Nov 7, 2018 The £50 challenge that opened up the world Nov 7, 2018
- Nov 6, 2018 The floods Nov 6, 2018
- Nov 5, 2018 Exploring the Scunthorpe railway embankment Nov 5, 2018
- Nov 2, 2018 Mixing chemical and conjuring magic Nov 2, 2018
- Nov 1, 2018 My first bow tie Nov 1, 2018
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October 2018
- Oct 31, 2018 Mornings with Col. Thomas Oct 31, 2018
- Oct 30, 2018 St Aiden's vicar Oct 30, 2018
- Oct 29, 2018 Sunset and meat pies Oct 29, 2018
- Oct 28, 2018 Making our own railway Oct 28, 2018
- Oct 26, 2018 Due to and owing to Oct 26, 2018
- Oct 25, 2018 Grimsby docks and I-Spy Oct 25, 2018
- Oct 24, 2018 Spurn Head lighthouse and faraway lands Oct 24, 2018
- Oct 23, 2018 Hot Water to get into Oct 23, 2018
- Oct 22, 2018 The song of the ABC minors Oct 22, 2018
- Oct 19, 2018 Astride the world Oct 19, 2018
- Oct 18, 2018 Capturing the flagpole Oct 18, 2018
- Oct 17, 2018 Passing time in a news cinema Oct 17, 2018
- Oct 16, 2018 Foaming Gibbs dentifrice Oct 16, 2018
- Oct 15, 2018 Respecting the resident hedgehogs Oct 15, 2018
- Oct 12, 2018 Shovelling parallels of latitude Oct 12, 2018
- Oct 11, 2018 Nuclear bomb attack Oct 11, 2018
- Oct 10, 2018 Every picture tells a story Oct 10, 2018
- Oct 9, 2018 Train windows Oct 9, 2018
- Oct 8, 2018 Not catching carp Oct 8, 2018