Bramshill Hunt, Arborfield, Berks
The last time I was in the Bramshill Hunt was illegally, as a REME Junior Leader, around 1962. The staff…
Author: Michael Jackson
Born in Palestine many years ago, Educated? in Birmingham (West Midlands not Alabahma). Left home to join REME JLU in 1960, transferred to Intelligence Corps in 1962. Served with 13 Sigs Regt, 5 Inf Brigade HQ and Sigs Sqn, 9 Sigs Regt, Back to 13, E Troop, 14 Sigs Langeleben, roughly in that order up to March '84. Moved to Northern Ireland, to join my wife Josephine. Fell out with Brits over citizenship (bit like Spike Milligan -'cept I'm still alive - just!) and am now naturalized Irish. Have been with my present company, SOS Group, manufacturing school furniture since Sept '84.
Famagusta Saddle Club, Ayios Nikolaos circa ’75
Apparently the Saddle club has now been disbanded. It provided great sport whilst I was at 9 around 74 and 75…
M1 Services North, Lusk
The new service stations on the Dublin Motorway are a godsend. No longer any problems with refuelling and their prices…
Oberammergau Passion Play September 2010
Oberammergau, a small village in Bavaria, has staged the passion play every 10 years (with 2 exceptions) since 1634.…
Neue Post Hotel, Mayrhofen
Our first stop at the end of the Zillertal Steam Train journey. The hotel is a typical Austrian resort hotel/restaurant catering…
Queen of Tarts Revisited
Tried out the Cow’s Lane branch on our stop over in Dublin en route to Munich. Same superb cakes, tarts…
Bastille, 182a Lisburn Road,Belfast
The only thing missing is escargot! The Bastille has a distinctly French approach to food and decor. Our party of…
School Dinner Night at CSC
Unfortunately a number of our usual group were unable to attend, being entertained at the Proms in the Park and other such…
Kay’s Foodhall, Blanchardstown Centre
I seem to remember that the News of the World used to have a strapline (and maybe still does); “all…
The Husky Years, 1980 – ’84
Exhilarating, definately; terrifying, sometimes: the most vivid memory of my husky racing period is bouncing down a mountainside near Bernau, in the…