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Newton Abbot in Old Pictures: The Co-operative Bank in 2014
My bank as it was. I was very sorry to see it go, but so many banks have closed in recent years as people stop using them.
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Book/Film?
Having just finished reading a book I find myself staring at my library and wondering what I should read next. Umberto Eco is beckoning and I am reminded of the 1986 film The Name of the Rose with Sean Connery that seems to have sunk without trace, despite being a good film.
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Descale!
I found myself descaling this morning – on a whim rather than out of necessity. My coffee machine and kettle are now descaled and, as I was working on them, I was thinking how quality does not always mean good functionality.
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Pizza!
It struck me that in many ways my diary since retirement is recording my gradual decline in physical and mental health. Not a bit of it! Some things get better as you age, and my enjoyment of good food – and tonight’s pizza treat, is greater than ever!
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Trouble @ Home – events that would have a dramatic impact on my life – part 3
After a great Easter weekend I arrived home to find all my possessions on the wrong side of a locked door. The realisation that I was homeless dawned on my only slowly, and all I had were the clothes I stood up in.
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