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Goodnight Sweetheart

Good night sweetheart, tho’ I’m not beside youGood night sweetheart, still my love will guide youDreams enfold you, in each one I’ll hold youGood night sweetheart, good night Words and… Read more »

Forgotten Icons, London, Music, Nostalgia, Posts   

Made for sharing…

…is just one of the many slogans attached to television adverts for Walkers crisps which starred Gary Lineker. The former England football captain turned tv pundit and National Treasure was usually… Read more »

Childhood, Food, Nostalgia, Popular Culture, Posts, Social History   

O crikey! I say, you chaps

In August 2021 Boris Johnson (remember him?) was due to come to Scotland. Police set up the usual security operations always associated with the visit of a British Prime Minister…. Read more »

Childhood, Literature, Nostalgia, Popular Culture, Posts   

Who’s a pity boy then…?

A Budgerigar in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage  William Blake was actually talking about a ‘Robin Redbreast’ (you knew that of course) but the principle’s the same. The… Read more »

Childhood, Literature, Nostalgia, Popular Culture, Posts   

Ballad of Bethnal Green

‘Extraordinary how potent cheap music is’ observed Amanda, a character in Noel Coward’s Private Lives.  It’s also extraordinary how a piece of music you haven’t thought about for decades suddenly chirrups back into… Read more »

London, Music, Nostalgia, Popular Culture, Posts   

Stick it in your family album

All lined up in a wedding group, here we are for a photograph.We’re all dressed up in our morning suits all trying not to laugh.Since the early caveman in his… Read more »

London, Popular Culture, Posts, Science, Social History   

Bring out the Branston

In a pub I asked what kind of sandwiches they had. ‘Ham and cheese,’ the man said. ‘Oh, yes please,’ I said. ‘Yes please what?’ he said. ‘Yes please, ham… Read more »

Food, Nostalgia, Popular Culture, Posts, Science, Social History   

The Green Fields of France

And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind?In some faithful heart is your memory enshrinedAnd though you died back in 1916To that loyal heart are you always 19Or… Read more »

Music, Popular Culture, Posts, Remembrance, Social History, Wartime   

Ploughperson’s Pleasure

In the spring of 2022 Dicky Harrison, the landlord of the Tors pub in Belstone, Devon hit upon the idea of renaming a classic pub favourite as a ‘ploughperson’s lunch’… Read more »

Food, Nostalgia, Popular Culture, Posts, Social History   

How the Robin became part of Christmas

The robin was voted Britain’s national bird in a 1960 poll, and that popularity hasn’t diminished over the years. Stephen Moss in his 2017 book The Robin – a Biography… Read more »

Christmas, Nostalgia, Popular Culture, Posts, Science, Social History   

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