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Foam Cutting Moments
I am in an interesting spot in life where God is shaping me and molding me, humbling me and crafting me into His likeness. And at times that can be very painful. It is never comfortable to have the L… more →
From one Soul to Another
Powercuts
taith wrote 1 month ago: Even though fuel prices escalate seemingly beyond hope and there’s talk of ‘fuel poverty … more →
Smoke
taith wrote 1 month ago: Smoke surrounded my early years. There was the living room all-night coal burner that patently never … more →
Cinema
taith wrote 2 months ago: We couldn’t afford to go often. And, anyway, the town’s only cinema closed some time in … more →
Wilkes
taith wrote 2 months ago: The Misses Wilkes were two spinster sisters who lived in a well appointed red-roofed hillside bungal … more →
Credit
taith wrote 2 months ago: In spite of my father’s distrust of credit cards, he would sometimes extend credit to trusted custom … more →
Whistling
taith wrote 2 months ago: You rarely hear whistling in the street any more. Time was, in the 1960s perhaps when the pace was s … more →
Breakdown
taith wrote 2 months ago: As an adjunct to my father’s furniture business, he ran a removal & furniture delivery van … more →
Sister
taith wrote 2 months ago: My sister was two years younger than me. There was absolutely nothing remarkable about my very ordin … more →
Exam
taith wrote 2 months ago: I well remember the January day in 1973 during my final year at primary school when I sat the Eleven … more →
Day Zero
Jonathan wrote 2 months ago: So it’s half twelve and I’m onboard the 1pm Virgin flight to Shanghai. Boarding was very quiet. It’s … more →
Fiat
taith wrote 2 months ago: Many times, my father recalled when, in the post-war years, you could buy a second-hand car and sell … more →
Wogan
taith wrote 2 months ago: The sad but inevitable news today is that Sir Terry Wogan is to retire from his regular Wake up to W … more →
Cortina
taith wrote 2 months ago: The first car I remember was a grey, rather jelly moulded Ford Popular, with bright red vinyl seats … more →
Checking
taith wrote 2 months ago: Before our week’s annual holiday, my father would systematically fuss. He didn’t like leaving the el … more →
Halford's
taith wrote 2 months ago: My first task as an abecedarian upon joining Halford’s in 1979 was to restock the front anti-f … more →
Bop
taith wrote 2 months ago: To hand is a copy of Dad’s Boys Own Paper of December 1930. Then, he was 18 and hardly a boy but fro … more →
Wartime
taith wrote 2 months ago: Do you remember what you were doing 16 years ago? I was born 16 years after VE day. The memory of th … more →
Queuing
taith wrote 3 months ago: Each 1960s post office position had its own queue. You had to guess which was likely to be shortest. … more →
Immense
taith wrote 3 months ago: Over the outer pair of sturdy wooden doors was a coat of arms. At 9 o’clock precisely, the bolts wou … more →
