98th Entry Halton Apprentices

As I lay in my bed feeling sorry for myself the lady who knows best says “its just man flu”. She has no soul. But whilst in my horizontal position I thought about next year when the two organisations that have helped shape my life to some extent are celebrating anniversaries. We as ex Brats [...]

… blogging.
Sinking fast. Going down with flu. Am in solitary and confined to quarters. Blogging this in secret while er-indoors is in the shower.
Keep an eye on the bastards for me.
Vote Labour.
See? I told you I was ill.
Please send whisky.

Now I understand!  “Roger - over and out.”
 

Every week I look at the very sad position of the once extremely successful football team, Pompey. I know I am biased having been born and bread within a few yards of the hallowed turf. Nevertheless the team are right at the bottom of the Championship.  The only upside is that they will be playing Donny Rovers next [...]

The Houses Of Parliament  = Loonies far up the Thames
Any other suggestions?

In 1944, the year I was born, the Japanese military sent Intelligence Officer 2nd Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, then aged 22 to Lubang in the Philippines  with orders to spy on U.S. forces and teach guerrilla tactics to new soldiers.
When  U.S. troops invaded the island at the end of the year  all of the Japanese soldiers [...]

A woman in Reading recently came home to find her husband in the kitchen, shaking frantically with what looked like a wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current she whacked him with a handy plank of wood by the back door, regrettably breaking his [...]

When the general election finally arrives don’t waste your vote. The following European Union Competence’s, which the UK Government supported along with all the main political parties, means that the next Government cannot legislate upon:
Competition, Trade, Asylum and Immigration, Foreign Affairs, Industrial Policy, Agriculture, Fisheries, Energy, Transport, Regional Government, Consumer Health, Social and Employment Policy, Justice [...]