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Back Where they Started!!!!!
Dear oh Dear! the provincial election is over, the Liberals are smiling,have a majority once again, the Greens are smiling,they made a breakthrough electing one member, the NDP are smiling, they did better than expected,and that just leaves the PC’s … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Prince Edward Island
Tagged aylward, compton, Greens, Lantz, leaderless, liberals, NDP, PC Party, sadness, smiling, tears, uncertainty
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An Awful Christmas Long Long Ago
The photo on the front of the book is of my brother Tommy, me and my father, it was taken in 1949 on the Clifton Suspension Bridge. I was ten years old and visiting from the Isle of Wight where … Continue reading
Posted in family, veterans
Tagged bedroom, books, Christmas, cruelty, Ireland, Isle of Wight, lonely, royal navy, sad, tears
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HMS Ganges – Boys Training Camp
HMS Ganges the Boys training school of the Royal Navy,was the toughest training camp for young boys anywhere. The place where the Royal Navy turned boys into men. Turned them into the very best sailors in the Navy, they were … Continue reading
Posted in hms ganges, The Royal Navy & Me, Uncategorized, veterans
Tagged Boy Seamen, breaks my heart., derelict, Ganges, gone forever, history, ipswich, london, lost era, Mast, shame, Shotley, tears, toughest ever, training camp
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Arsenal Win!!!!
Great win for Arsenal today, 4-1 over Wigan. Wigan is relegated and now drop down into the championship league. Too bad for Wigan but an important win for the Gunners who now move back into forth place in the league … Continue reading
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Tagged arsenal, black day., poorly played, Queens Park Rangers, sad sad sad, tears
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Arsenal Move into Third Spot
Oh Boy!!! they almost did it to me again!!! For 85 of the 90 minutes Arsenal played a most lackluster game, going behind to Norwich 1-0 early in the second half. But at minute 85 when it looked like the … Continue reading
Posted in soccer
Tagged arsenal, black day., poorly played, Queens Park Rangers, sad sad sad, tears
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The Young and the Old???
The football team photo was taken in 1952 and the three handsome gentlemen in the other photo was taken last October 2012 at Brackley Beach PEI. A lapse of 60 years since we were last together. I’m in the centre … Continue reading
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Tagged arsenal, black day., poorly played, Queens Park Rangers, sad sad sad, tears
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If I had Not Already had a Heart Attack
Oh Boy!! I just watched Arsenal lose their match against Blackburn Rovers 1-0, they are out of the FA Cup and out of silverware for another year. It was so frustrating to watch, Arsenal had all the play, wasted at … Continue reading
Posted in soccer
Tagged arsenal, black day., poorly played, Queens Park Rangers, sad sad sad, tears
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Stormed In
The wind is blowing and the snow is falling, its a blizzard outside, but I was tucked up in my recliner watching Arsenal defeat Sunderland 1-0 and they played the second half down to ten men and also had to … Continue reading
Posted in politics, soccer, Uncategorized
Tagged arsenal, black day., poorly played, Queens Park Rangers, sad sad sad, tears
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The Christmas Football (soccer)
Watching our grandchildren open their many gifts yesterday morning, things like Sky Lander Giants???E Readers and other electronic games far beyond my knowledge, got me thinking. In 1952 my father bought me a real leather football, exactly like the ones … Continue reading
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Tagged arsenal, black day., poorly played, Queens Park Rangers, sad sad sad, tears
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