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Battle of Britain 75 Years ago.
A flypast involving Spitfires and Hurricanes has taken place to mark 75 years since the decisive encounter of the Battle of Britain. A service was also held in London’s St Paul’s Cathedral to commemorate the anniversary. In the fight the … Continue reading
Buying a Heat Pump
I expect most of us can say that have purchased something based on a popular advertizing plug. We can also say we have often bought something that was of little use, just a waste of money. It has happened to … Continue reading
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Tagged air con, cold, costly oil, heat pump, hot., long cold winters, winter
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Winter Storm Nov 27th 2014
Winter comes to Abram Village. Well it had to happen eventually, and today is the day. The Island is closed down, no schools, no ferry, bridge restrictions in place and my newspaper wasn’t delivered! I took the two posted photos … Continue reading
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Tagged blowing, cold, drifts, Island closed., schools closed, snow, warm, winter
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Target Stores & Veterans & Poppies??????
I can’t be sure the article I have posted with this blog is accurate, not everything that comes up on the internet is always factual. What is factual is that there was a situation last year (2013) regarding veterans selling … Continue reading
The Last day of Summer
Here it is again!!, another Monday morning, not every ones favourite day of the week. Its a wet day with heavy rain but very mild temperatures. The Mini is tucked up in the garage, but the top is still down. … Continue reading
Touring Newfoundland
A person comes across some unusual things when touring the back roads of Newfoundland. Today Linda and I headed toward Triton, it was a rotten day, rained the whole time and was cold. Naturally we were both dress in clothes … Continue reading
Posted in family, hms ganges, veterans
Tagged chinese, cod tongues, cold, ganges boys, orange lodge, royal navy, sashes, seal flippers, summer clothes., union jacks, weather wet rain
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100 years After the Great War.
This is a story my Father once told me many years ago. I post it on my blog today as a tribute to him, he served with the British Army from 1916 to 1919 at the front and later as … Continue reading
Posted in Belfast Social History, military, veterans
Tagged Aeroplanes, cold, darkness weather snow, Great War, ice, machine gun, passwords, pot holes ruts., rifle, strafed, trenches, uniforms wet soggy
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At the Top of the World
Going down memory lane once more!! Lots of people talk about their bucket lists! Personally I have never had a particular bucket list, there were a few things I wanted to do and places I wanted to visit. However … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, veterans
Tagged cold, condensation, ice cap.arctic, parka's, raining inside the boat., sea boots, soccer, Submarines, surface
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Winter More Winter!!!!
I just can’t believe it, another storm day and this is the last day of march. Obviously, as I’m writing this blog my power is still on. However, power is out in several parts of the island. The trees and … Continue reading
Posted in family, Prince Edward Island
Tagged cold, fed up, hail, ice, no power, no school fourth day in a row, running out of wood, sleet, slush, snow, spring, summer, tired, winter
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Spring Wasn’t in the Air!!!!!
On the 9th March I posted on my blog that spring might be in the air, I added that it might be gasoline fumes. Unfortunately it was indeed gasoline fumes and definitely not spring!!! As I sit here at my … Continue reading
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