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Rottnest Island Defences
This lovely photo by Bill Hatto from Thursdays’ West newspaper is of 100 year old Mrs Rae Hussey, wife of Captain Frank Hussey, commander of the WWII defences on Rottnest Island. In ‘Jacks Island’ I changed his name to Hurley … Continue reading
King Canute, or Cnut, or Knut. (Not more bloody history!)
Viking King Canute the Great, known as Cnut in Denmark and Knut in Norway, was the son of Svein Forkbeard and grandson Harald Bluetooth and great-grandson of King Gorm. I told you last time that Vikings had great names. Harald … Continue reading
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Tagged Aethelred the Unready, canute, christian., cnut, edwards the confessor, emma, gunhild, harthacnut, knut, normandy, unready, viking
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Simply Shocking
Why is it that I can’t think up a single headline for this news clip that is suitable for a family based Facebook? Can you come up with one without exposing yourself as a a puerile, carry-on-esque, smutty, grubby-minded, bennyhillish … Continue reading
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Tagged beenny hill. carry on, facebook, family, frick, headline, hole, lightening, pennysylvania, sleeze, stirred not shaken., struck, twice, zip
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Too Much Ganja, Mon?
You have got to be kidding? Who in their right mind would take potshots at a fully armed, high speed, hi-tech US warship? And from a skiff? The pirates are lucky the Captain didn’t lob something very loud and extremely … Continue reading
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Tagged assault rifles, flee., norfolk, piracy trial, pirate invested waters, pirates, skiff, somalia, US navy, uss nicholas, virginia, warship.
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My Grandparents in the Great Depression
To my family and friends who are feeling a bit down because things are going too well or they can’t afford a new car or a 50″ TV, I’d like you to meet my grandparents, Norm and Nell , a … Continue reading
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France. Another travel story where things go wrong…
Heading off to France was probably not the best idea considering the only French I have ever learnt is courtesy of Inspector Clouseau and Officer Crabtree, that dorky policeman in ‘Allo, ‘Allo, so my command of the language is limited … Continue reading
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Ireland
I have decided that as soon as I retire, or have a bestseller, whichever comes first, I am out of here and off to Ireland to live. I’ve seen the castle-like fortress that I fancy. It is a derelict Templars’ … Continue reading
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The coward was shot at dawn, Sir.
Now I have to admit to extreme cowardice in the face of the enemy, or at least in the face of my beloved. We are in Northern Ireland, and a pleasant drive around stunning coastline, not far from the famous … Continue reading
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At the End of the World
You remember in the film Where Eagles Dare where Clint Eastwood had a doosey of a fight with a Nazi on the roof of the cable car as it wound down from a castle high up on a snow covered … Continue reading
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Norman Jorgensen 