Daily Globe British Values, Global Perspective
There were three of us, that night in 1963. Me, Larry and Frenchie Laton. We took a bus ride up to Baltimore to spend an evening at the old Gaiety Burlesque Theatre on East Baltimore Street. To get there it was necessary to take a bus ride from the fort to The …
Read More »Belfast Child- Chapter 2- GLENCAIRN
On a sunny day in 1970 my osteomyelitis was finally given the all clear and I was on my way home from the hospital, for a couple of years at least. I was so heartbroken to leave Nurse Brown, that on the day of my discharge I hid in a …
Read More »Belfast Child Chapter One- Mum & Dad
My father John was born in 1944 and was the first of five sons and one daughter born to my grandparents, John and Suzy Chambers, who were both hard core loyalists from the Sandy Row area of Belfast. Dad’s early years were typical of working class Protestants of the time, …
Read More »Belfast Child: My Story- An Autobiography
Remembering the Innocent Victims This story is dedicated to the memory of all innocent victims of the Troubles, regardless of political or religious background, including members of the British army and other security force personnel whom died as a direct result of the Troubles. Life’s hard enough without having to worry that …
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What do you think is the meaning of the poem?
Read More »The Shield of Parade
A formal analysis of the famous piece.
Read More »Why a Warwickshire metric distance sign was removed by Active Resistance to Metrication
It’s nice to see the British sticking up for themselves, especially when the local authority is clearly in the wrong.
Read More »If Your Friends Jumped Off a Cliff, Would You?
A life-changing experience in the French Alps.
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