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THE 1940’S TROLLOPS SOCIETY.
We went to Bletchley Park at the weekend and had a fabulous time meeting friends and one of them who has a very good sense of humour suggested they might like to form the 1940’s Trollops Society which to me … Continue reading
A FEW MORE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE GOODWOOD REVIVAL 2025.
We stay in the Railway station at Petworth and have done so for over twenty years, socializing with friends next door in the Badgers pub where having our photo taken in Bullshit Corner by the ‘Nobody gets out sober’ sign … Continue reading
GOODWOOD REVIVAL WEEKEND.
Delighted to be picked by the Goodwood fashion police for the best dressed every day. If you get picked you get your photograph taken by Dan Stevens who is a very nice chap and quite handy with a camera too! … Continue reading
BATTLE OF BRITAIN WEEKEND.
THE DEATH OF AN AIRMAN. Posted on 11/10/2024 by The Diary of a Country Bumpkin I went recently to pay my respects to Montague Hulton-Hurrop who is buried in a small church in North Weald in Essex and was the first pilot to be … Continue reading
TWINWOOD FESTIVAL.
A fabulous weekend meeting friends and everything else!
BENTLEY ARNAGE R.
A quick image of my new Bently Arnage R which replaced the previous one which was sadly written off earlier this year.
WOODHALL SPA, THE PATIENT IS RECOVERING NICELY!
It’s amazing how quickly time flies as I think it is now three years since the last Woodhall Spa forties weekend was cancelled with rumours of embezzlement, fraud and all sorts apparently going on. However, we are not the sort … Continue reading
BROOKLANDS RELIVED WEEKEND.
Three weeks ago we went to Brooklands for the Relived weekend and took the old 1947 Bentley Mk VI and as usual didn’t got around to taking a photo of the car until we got home, just to prove it … Continue reading
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY FORTIES WEEKEND.
What with one thing and another I seem to have become rather behind with posting things but I have been ridiculously busy with the minutiae of modern life and making a timed watering system for Angella in the garden, which … Continue reading
A RADIO PLAY I WROTE SOME MANY YEARS AGO ABOUT THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
Some years ago, I was somewhat surprised to find that during the First World War there was an extremely good postal service between the troops and those at home which caused me to write this radio play which gives a … Continue reading
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