The amazing Amazon!
On 31st August 1908, Capt A Garrick in command of the British four masted barque Amazon left Port Talbot bound …
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Well, it was a mad idea!
With the wonders of modern communication technology I do seem to spend a fair bit of time wandering the ‘net’. …
Strange that no-one’s noticed!
Yesterday, I posted a photograph to flickr, entitled “Worm’s Head” I expected a number of replies questioning whether it really …
. . . there’s nowt interesting to photograph at quarries!
Yesterday, on a photographic forum of which I am a member, a picture of a couple of concrete blocks was …
The wooden sword!
I noticed it a long while ago, but never thought much about it, but today I saw it again and …
A Vulcanising game with Robert Hirst!
Only those of of certain age will know what I’m talking about when I mention Robert Hirst; this was the …
In search of the half pence!
I know I have some somewhere, I’ve kept them specifically for the day when I might need one and today …
The Breakdown!
Looking back, I’m not entirely sure when I became interested, but interested I certainly became, in buses; not any old …
Introducing Custard Cream!
Back in the mid 1990s I bought a trail-boat, an impulse purchase, but being interested in canals I intended to …
A Collection of Listers – Part One
Back in 1982 I prepared a number of articles for a specialist magazine Vaporising, the journal of the National Vintage …
