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Eat, Drink & Be Merry #11

...hotos and newspaper cuttings from his sixties tours around Europe’s race tracks. This appealed to the male visitors while the ladies enjoyed the ever increasing collection of Victorian costumes around the house along with an antique sewing machine and a musical box which played lovely tunes when wound up. My dad displaying his racing car on the drive   Apart from the bank holidays though we didn’t get huge amounts of visitors and my parents started to think of other things they could do. They had heard about mediaeval banquets being run at a place called Coombe Abbey near Coventry and went along one night to see what it was all about. It was a banque...

Skools out for Summer #16

..., I saw a newspaper board telling everyone about a streaker that had run through the town the day before – what was this? A man running naked for the fun of it? On further investigation I found that this was the latest craze from America – but why anyone would want to do it in our cold country was beyond me!   Streaking comes to UK!   I was not an academic by any means and hated my schooldays. I was constantly being teased for being too thin, too quiet or because I lived in a stately home. (This was from the teachers too!) My concentration was awful and I tended to daydream a lot, then I wouldn’t know what was going on in the lessons. As a child...

Skools out for Summer! #58

..., I saw a newspaper board telling everyone about a streaker that had run through the town the day before – what was this? A man running naked for the fun of it? On further investigation I found that this was the latest craze from America – but why anyone would want to do it in our cold country was beyond me! Streakers away!   I was not an academic by any means and hated my schooldays. I was constantly being teased for being too thin, too quiet, for wearing large clothes (my mum always bought the uniform 2 sizes too big so it would last) and for living in a stately home. (This was from the teachers too!) My concentration was awful and I tended to dayd...

Skools out for Summer #98

..., I saw a newspaper board telling everyone about a streaker that had run through the town the day before – what was this?  A man running naked for the fun of it?  On further investigation I found that this was the latest craze from America – but why anyone would want to do it in our cold country was beyond me! Streaking comes to Britain!   I was not an academic by any means and hated my schooldays. I was constantly being teased for being too thin, too quiet or for living in a stately home. (This was from the teachers too!) so when it was time for 'skools out for summer' I was more than ready to leave!    By now the Mediaeval Banquets, which my...

Eat, drink and be merry! #10

...hotos and newspaper cuttings from his sixties tours around Europe’s race tracks.  This appealed to the male visitors while the ladies enjoyed the ever increasing collection of Victorian costumes around the house along with an antique sewing machine and a musical box which played lovely tunes when wound up. Apart from the bank holidays though we didn’t get huge amounts of visitors and my parents started to think of other things they could do.  They had heard about mediaeval banquets being run at a place called Coombe Abbey near Coventry and went along one night to see what it was all about.  It was a banquet serving four or five courses with mediaeval ent...

Skools out for summer! #14

..., I saw a newspaper board telling everyone about a streaker that had run through the town the day before – what was this?  A man running naked for the fun of it?  On further investigation I found that this was the latest craze from America – but why anyone would want to do it in our cold country was beyond me!  I was not an academic by any means and hated my schooldays.  I was constantly being teased for being too thin, too quiet, for wearing large clothes (my mum always bought the uniform 2 sizes too big so it would last) and for living in a stately home. (This was from the teachers too!)   My concentration was awful and I tended to daydream a lot, t...