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Mellish Christmas Letter 2018
I guess that it is time to put finger to keyboard and recount the 2018 family adventures. The best Christmas present of 2017 arrived four days after Christmas – Georgia Rose Reynard Mellish, a sister...
View ArticleLetter From America No 3
Another the letters that I wrote when we were living in the US. It certainly brings back memories.CA95120phone:408 323 9624emails:...
View ArticleMigration and the NHS
With the threat of reduced migration to the UK I see that the NHS is saying that we will not have enough medical staff. Am I the only person that believes that is wrong to base our recruitment policy...
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Why all the fuss?
I see that the home secretary has come under fierce criticism for the comments that he made about refugees/economic migrants -click here.He is only stating what is international law - refugees should...
View ArticleRise in violent crime
I do not believe my ears & eyes. I have just seen & heard Nick Hurd the minister responsible for policing claim that losing 20,000 police officers has nothing to do with rising levels of...
View ArticleClerical Abuse in the Catholic Church
Why is being reduced to the lay state a punishment? Is that really what the Church thinks of the laity that it is a state to be reduced to? I for one expected better from Pope Francis. It is...
View ArticleAbuse - Follow the money
Theodore McCarrick was charged with the sexual abuse of minors and adults - aggravated by the abuse of power - and solicitation in the confessional. The administrative penal process imposed a penalty...
View Article">Clergy abuse and the affect on the "person in the pew">
I recently received the following from a parishioner:" On another matter. I am concerned with the high number of priests ( at all levels) linked to sexual abuse and the fact that there is very little...
View ArticleHomily for Today Sunday 3rd March
It is undoubtly sadly true that abuse takes place in many institutions and within families. Churches of all denominations, football coaches, youth leaders, scouts etc etc. The list is almost endless....
View ArticleSafeguarding Policies in the Catholic Church in England & Wales
The Bishops Conference of England & Wales has, since 2001, implemented a policy of referring allegations of abuse to outside agencies. You will find all the procedures clearly laid out on the...
View ArticleBrexit and the Parliamentary Vote
Why is the Prime Minister allowed to have multiple votes on her Brexit deal whilst the proletariat are just allowed the one vote? And now I read that the Chancellor is bribing the DUP to support the...
View ArticleHatred and the Internet
Why has the world become a nastier place than it was when I was young? It now seems almost impossible to agree to disagree and remain friends. Is it really all the fault of the internet that enables us...
View ArticleA Complete Buggers Muddle
Mr "Call me Dave" Cameron seems to be escaping the opprobrium that Mrs May is collecting. Admittedly Mrs May has played a poor hand very badly, but it was Mr Cameron who started the whole farrago off...
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Avery Hill College Badge
My mum was at Avery Hill College from about 1923 to 1925. Came across this on eBay.AVERY HILL TEACHERS COLLEGE hallmarked SILVER COLLEGE SHIELD BADGEHallmarked on reverse Fattorini Brothers...
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Seeking Pauline Holmes nee Sollitt
I recently posted asking if anybody had contact with Pauline Holmes nee Sollitt who was a bridesmaid at our wedding in July 1971. Following this I have reason to believe that she has a son Stuart...
View ArticleWhat Does Boris Really Want?
I think that BoJo is playing a long very deep game. Do not be deceived by that the comic persona he created on "Have I Hot News for You" and similar programmes fool you. Beneath the genial buffoon...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court's Decision
The government or was it Boris Johnson said that proroguing parliament was nothing to do with Brexit but to give him time to prepare the Queen's Speech. So how is the Supreme Court's Decision affecting...
View ArticleMemories of Canterbury Rugby Club in the Early Seventies
Playing for Canterbury in the Early SeventiesI moved to Canterbury in October 1971, newly married and fresh out of university, to start work in the NHS. Initially my wife Julia was not with me as she...
View ArticleThe Election Dilema
I was taking Holy Communion to an elderly parishioner (aged 99) on Monday. We were talking about today's vote and he said that he had voted in many elections and he could not recall when we had such a...
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