One of the things one is supposed to do when one gets (very) old….. over 80 for example …. is to write a “What if” letter to one’s nearest, dearest and whoever is going to pick up the pieces. For exa… (View Post)

I lived and worked in S Essex for 30 years. I never thought about the accent. Then I moved away, and I’ve lived in N Essex for 20 years. Today I went to S Essex to the funeral of an old friend. The S… (View Post)

She was right, though. (View Post)

Must be dreadfully embarrassing for the poor woman. I wonder if her husband gets a regular earful about it. Which would of course mean that nothing like it EVER happens again. Hopefully, anyway! (View Post)

Mrs Duffy was a long-standing Rochdale resident who had watched the town population change enormously over her later years. People like her need sympathy and major efforts towards re-education on bot… (View Post)