Manchester — Unlike all the usual ceremonies of remembrance - the marching, the trumpets, men with medals, sombre suited dignitaries laying wreaths - this touched me, and stayed with me all day and since. Unexpected, modest, quiet, simple, whenever I recall the experience or try to tell people how moved I was on Piccadilly Station the emotion wells up, still packed inside me. Maybe because I thought of my gr...
Aireys inlet — Where is Emlyn? Where’s that boy? On Grandad’s knee, and oh what joy!
Porto — I don’t have very many clear images of my Portuguese grandfather. I remember white teeth closing around the end of a cigar, a pipe, cigarettes. He was nicotine and silence, a man constructed more from...
Kingston — The past couple weeks have been interesting for me and my family. It was Christmas, a time for happiness, family, and if you’re a member of my family a large dose of crazy. Christmas happened in the u...
A simple, moving live memorial at Piccadilly this morning
Grandad Wade
The Special Moment That Made Me Truely Smile This Week.
Not this soap.