Broadsides – A collection of bits and pieces
"Unprovided with original learning, uninformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a blog”
Mrs. Thatcher was of course brought up in Grantham. Her father, Alderman Alfred Roberts owned a grocers on the corner of North Parade and Broad Street, and the family lived above the shop. Years later, sometime after she was appointed prime minister, the North Parade corner shop was sold. It was bought by Rodney Cloke,... Continue Reading →
Do you remember Yosser Hughes? “Gizza job!” Yosser Hughes? Poor bloody man. Couldn’t get a job, desperate for a job, he would have killed for a job. Any job. Any kind of bloody job at all. He was on the edge was Yosser. Right on the edge. “I can do that!” He could not understand... Continue Reading →
Broadsides - A collection of bits and pieces 