18 June 2020 Big Bang IT by Don Urquhart Some colleagues from back then have offered reminiscences. Julian Annis – The Trainee What excitement joining a large international team building, implementing then supporting “soup to nuts” a brand new system for a growing American bank! It was 1985, and three of us travelled to New… Continue reading Issue 238: 2020 06 18: Big Bang IT
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Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Oxford Welsh
11 June 2020 Oxford Welsh by Philip Throp How many of you, dear readers, speak “Oxford” English? This language is surely dying out, but how about Oxford WELSH? That is, Oxford Welsh as spoken by a Flemish Town Mayor. On the occasion of 800 years since Sint Niklaas received its Town Charter, I was very… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Oxford Welsh
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Women?
11 June 2020 View from the Cotswolds Women – Who Needs Them ….? By Paul Branch I like to think I know a bit about women. There have been many I’ve known intimately, of particular note being my grandmothers (one Italian, the other Liverpudlian) who successfully managed their own immediate family in times of great… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: Women?
Issue 237: 2020 06 11: The Dating Game
11 June 2020 The Dating Game Victoria and after. By Chin Chin So far so good. You are able to wax knowledgeable about events up to 1837 and are now probably regarded as a great “history buff” by your friends. In fact, however, history did not stop then and next on the scene is Victoria,… Continue reading Issue 237: 2020 06 11: The Dating Game
Issue 236: 2020 06 04: Time to Say Goodbye
04 June 2020 Time to Say Goodbye Puppy love. By Lynda Goetz One of the most appealing photographs in my newspaper this week was of a record-breaking litter of fourteen Labrador puppies (mixed black and golden) rather amazingly lined up and posing beautifully. Three thoughts crossed my mind: firstly, how thrilled the breeder must be;… Continue reading Issue 236: 2020 06 04: Time to Say Goodbye
Issue 236: 2020 06 04: Lucca
04 June 2020 Lucca A footballing history by Philip Throp Lucca is our beautiful Italian twin town. It’s in Tuscany, about 30km northeast of Pisa, and 35km by road east of Viareggio, a Mediterranean seaside resort very popular with Italians. Whenever I read a book about Italy, I always look for any references to Lucca.… Continue reading Issue 236: 2020 06 04: Lucca
Issue 236: 2020 06 04: The Dating Game
04 June 2020 The Dating Game Hanoverians. By Chin Chin It’s now that the Dating Game really makes a difference. The Hanoverian period is all around us. A piece of early Chippendale furniture: that will be George II, around 1750. Regency Bath: that must be late George III. Walk through the stately homes: full of… Continue reading Issue 236: 2020 06 04: The Dating Game
Issue 235: 2020 05 28: The Dating Game
28 May 2020 The Dating Game The Stuarts. By Chin Chin As we move into the seventeenth century, the Dating Game gets more relevant and rewarding. James 1, an anti-smoking fanatic? It’s easy to slip that into a 21st century conversation. Charles II knighting a loin of beef so that it became known as a… Continue reading Issue 235: 2020 05 28: The Dating Game
Issue 235: 2020 05 28: Comparisons
28 May 2020 Comparisons Books and films. By Dan Moondance Comparisons, comparisons. Don’t know about you but as I grow older I find myself comparing more bits of stuff stored away in my brain with newer bits as they come along. Not sure even Dominic Cummings would be able to find a clever way of… Continue reading Issue 235: 2020 05 28: Comparisons
Issue 235: 2020 05 28: Best Football Books
28 May 2020 Best Football Books For Lockdown Almost like the real thing. By Philip Throp There are a number of odd things about the title of this article. It’s amazing, for instance, that there seems to be general agreement about which are the best football books in English (unless you have a 4-4-2 magazine… Continue reading Issue 235: 2020 05 28: Best Football Books
Issue 234: 2020 05 21: The Dating Game
21 May 2020 The Dating Game The Tudors. By Chin Chin And now the player of the Dating Game collects some dividends. By thinking dates you can watch the Renaissance spread across from the continent to Britain. Hampton Court, begun in 1522 by Cardinal Wolsey, was a state-of-the-art palace designed to impress. But compare it… Continue reading Issue 234: 2020 05 21: The Dating Game
Issue 233: 2020 05 14: The Dating Game
14 May 2020 The Dating Game Lancaster and York. By Chin Chin Now at last we get to some dates you can really use. The Wars of the Roses, between two cadet lines of Plantagenets (after all, they were all male-line descendants of from Edward III) is the subject of some of Shakespeare’s finest plays. … Continue reading Issue 233: 2020 05 14: The Dating Game
Issue 233: 2020 05 14: Bowls Superstar
15 May 2020 Only Town Twinning can do this Apologies to Heineken by Philip Throp Abingdon is somewhat unique in the world of bowls because it boasts bowls’ first international superstar. He is Roland Sattler—of Colmar. A feat made even more remarkable by the fact that Sattler represented Abingdon in an away match at Hanborough… Continue reading Issue 233: 2020 05 14: Bowls Superstar
