By Richard Keith Sanders
The podcast currently has 365 episodes available.
It was another trip to the Ford Motor Company, but it was not so funny this time.
A moments inattention..........
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The title of this story in our books is "How Many Tablets," but I now prefer the title above!
This is another Goliath and Bonnie story from Lincolnshire's Northcote Heavy Horse Centre in the 1990s.
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Another Goliath and Bonnie story from Lincolnshire's Northcote Heavy Horse Centre in the 1990s.
Drama and stress on a cold wet night.
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It came about in 1986 and we were living close to Spilsby in Lincolnshire.
Sir John Franklin, Spilsby’s most famous “son” was born there in 1786 and subsequently lost his life together with the rest of his crew and two ships, undertaking the expedition to find the “North West Passage” in 1848.
This was the most sought after route “around the top of the World” which it was hoped, could allow vessels to reach the Pacific Ocean without having to risk that long, dangerous voyage around South America and “Cape Horn”.
The actual history of these explorations are covered in many publications. Indeed the Internet’s Wikipedia has most comprehensive information.
Back in Spilsby in 1986, the Mayor and Councillors were asked by the High Commission for Canada to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of Franklin’s birth and indeed the High Commissioner Himself wished to attend.
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Back to that interview with my lady surgeon who happened to say, “well the only little problem you might have with the new lenses is that your extreme peripheral vision might be affected when driving in the dark.”
“Oh that’s ok then, I replied. “I do not normally drive after dark and anyway the last time was for my last check up with Dr,…. my Opthalmologist last week when I got home at 1.30am in the morning.”
“I.30am,” she exploded. “ Did I hear correctly, are you sure.”
“Oh yes,” I continued. “ My appointment was for 10.30 pm oh and it was Saturday evening.
When I arrived, there were 5 folk in front of me, which is normal. Then as you know that final examination before the operations is quite lengthy. I had to wait a bit before driving because of the drops in my eyes. I suppose it could have been nearer to 2am when I arrived home.”
My surgeon was most surprised to say the least and completely dumbfounded.
In fact she nearly fell off her stool!
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A story from the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre in about 2005.
On a wet and windy night one of the horses managed to dislocate my right shoulder.
Unfortunately, it was the same shoulder that I had broken when falling over "that" dog only a month previously.
The story goes on as I travelled to my out patients appointment on my motor bike with the sling loose around my neck!
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This is a re write of the story "Incident with Queen Mary."
Just a few changes.
It involves a contingent of CCF Naval Section Cadets let loose on HMS Vanguard while in Portsmouth Harbour.
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This is a story about a Bus Journey, well several bus journeys really.
A story of "Financial aspirations" of a 6 year old in 1950.
The scene is Harrogate, Yorkshire, in the North of England. A very smart and affluent town with more Rolls Royce cars to the mile than any other town in England!
All for the sake of a half penny!
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We were going into all this. Perhaps it was good that these machines had wheels, that would help when we touched the sand way out at sea.
You will have to imagine that you are taking a journey into rough offshore seas with breaking waves, in a steel motorised bathtub with wheels.
I do not remember anything of lifejackets or the like. If we did have them in the 1950s they would have been those dreadful double-sided cork contraptions that you would see issued to the unfortunate passengers on the Titanic!
There was no evidence of ships boats from the Frigate being ready for use, or “the Captain’s pinnace” available to whisk the Mayor of Skegness over for a visit.
You see, at Skegness, it was just the open beach and nothing else. If the Mayor was to visit, then the Captain’s pinnace would have to run ashore up the beach and then be pushed off again at the mercy of the surf pounding the beach! You should be so lucky!
Thank you for listening to our Buzzsprout audio stories.
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At the same time, Cracker Books have produced 10 complete page turning
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All the books are free to download to any device.
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Finally for lots of further information about what we publish and why
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“I stopped your car because I was looking for the driver!”
Milou by now looked distinctly “smart”. He was well-groomed and well-washed. Something we were to note for the future.
All necessities completed we headed for home which is a bit over an hour by car from La Fleche.
Ruth sat on the back seats so she could provide some comfort to our new friend who had passed through several pairs of hands in the last month or so and might have been feeling by no means secure!
That was one of the reasons why we were stopped on that journey home.
About halfway, we came to the small town of Jumelle on the main road south.
It is a village straddling the main road. There is a sort of square in the town to one side just opposite the Parish Church.
Just before the church is a turning to the right and it was here we were stopped by a Gendarme.
The podcast currently has 365 episodes available.