Sue and I were back at the IAAF World Athletics Championships over the weekend.
Author: Pete
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
World Athletics Championships (1)
Sue and I went to the World Athletics Championships last night at London’s Olympic Park.
Southend Pier (1)
The first pier at Southend was a wooden construction built in 1830. But by the middle of the century the … More
Anyone for Cricket again?
For our second cricket trip of the summer Keith and I chose to go to Canterbury to see Kent play … More
Shrewsbury Castle
It has been suggested that an Anglo-Saxon fortification stood on this site prior to the arrival of the Normans. … More
Southend Pier Railway
The original wooden pier in Southend was built in 1830 and by 1851 it had acquired a horse-drawn tramway taking … More
Street Art on Sea
During our recent visit to Southend, we found an amazing set of Street art pictures
Shrewsbury: Rowley’s House
William Rowley, a Draper by trade, came from the area around Bridgenorth. His family, however, had been recorded … More
They Called It Passchendaele
Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
For the last three years or so, I have been post occasional extracts from my WW1…
Naturelog: 28th July
At present both the Big Butterfly count and the national Dragonfly survey are both running and so I decided to … More
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