An avocet. They were extinct in Britain, until, during World War 2, the government turned the area adjacent to the Wash in East Anglia, into swampland (to deter a German invasion). The Bosch tanks never showed up, but the avocets did.If yo…

Taken circa 1937. Dad's the youth on the right at the front. Their defence was leakier than Bradford City's (they conceded 23 goals in ten games). Not dad's fault. He was a forward. 前の一番右の人です。お父さんかっこい！

She sent me this, twenty years ago. I stumbled across it while tidying up the other day. This, and her old cookbook, are the only pieces of her handwriting that I have.The landscape is up in North Yorkshire. Note that the train is pushing …