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”
There’s this school in Bingham. The Toot Hill comprehensive school. Popular with the children of a large number of Nottingham commuters that have chosen to settle in this dormitory village, more of a town these days, set halfway between Nottingham and Newark, just off the old Roman Road known as the Fosse way, or now,... Continue Reading →
The Union Ballot – a poem Prior to the election of Margaret Thatcher Unions were generally free to conduct strike ballots according to their own internal rules and practice. A show of hands, a branch meeting, a national ballot, sometimes secret, sometimes not. It was open to a lot of abuse and meant that a... Continue Reading →
An old school photograph showing my brother Patrick McGuiggan, (sitting in the centre holding the class identifying blackboard), always the most photogenic member of the McGuiggan family, at Toton Primary school in Nottinghamshire sparked a fond tale of revenge....’ In the rear of the photograph is the school Headmaster. Sutton. He was a fairly brutal... Continue Reading →
Broadsides - A collection of bits and pieces 