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One Hundred Years Since The Publication of T S Eliot’s Poem ‘The Hollow Men’
On the 23rd November 1925, one hundred years ago today;
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Kallistos Ware: the third anniversary of passing
There were many influential people who died in the year 2022; including my own Father. Today marks three years since the passing of the former Anglican, Kallistos Ware; who became became a monk and eastern orthodox bishop.
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Time and Alan Garner
Today is the 90th birthday of the Cheshire writer Alan Garner. I began a secondary education at a school in Buxton called Normanton, now long since closed down, fifty years ago, and in my first year there; form 1, the teacher Mrs Kelly, daughter of headmaster Mr Hadlee, introduced the class to the work of…
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The Birch Vale and Thornsett Cricket Club Back to Back Double: 1993 and 1994; and a 2024 Come Back
Today marked one hundred and twenty seven years since the birth of my grandmother; who was christened Hannah Hart. I’ve already written something of her husband James, which delved into various associated stories and accompanying events, which resonate in metaphor, simile, and the synchronicity that aspects of the poem, that this site is about, embrace…
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Into The Silence, Wade Davis
It is said that George Mallory and Andrew Irvine went missing on the 8th June 1924, and either died on that day, or the day after. If it was the 9th of June; then today would mark the 100th anniversary of the deaths of the two mountaineers, who were last sighted only a few hours,…
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What a Ghost can say; of being The First Signature on the Death Warrant of a King of England
It has been said that the quote “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God” should be attributed to the man named as me; whose signature was foremost on the death warrant of King Charles 1st of England. After my burial with full honours in Westminster abbey, where there is a memorial in a corner to…
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The 123rd Anniversary of the Birth of James (Jim), from the Cheshire side of a Two County Town, Divided by the Mersey; and as Old as the Years!
Coast to island narrow sea, three in one and one in three, lock on door and turn of key, one on one in one and free: 1, 2, 3. Today; 12th June 2023, is the 123rd anniversary of the birth of James (Jim); father of Alan James, grandfather of John James, and great grand father…
A Pebble on the Beach 