Author Archives: Patrick

Stepping Back In Time…

Posted on 1 November 2011 by Patrick

The weekend found Adrian and me make a welcome return visit to The Olde Watermill at Barton Le Clay in Bedfordshire England. We took a step back in time in this Dickensian shopping village with its many Victorian looking shops … Continue reading →

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The Lady of The Rose…

Posted on 27 October 2011 by Patrick

Enid Stamp Taylor was born on Sunday the 12th of June 1904 in the agreeable, late Victorian, seaside town of Whitley Bay in the North East corner of England. She was the only daughter of Army Major George Stamp Taylor … Continue reading →

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Interesting Diary Entries From The Past…

Posted on 23 October 2011 by Patrick

Television in The Home. July 1953. Aerial requirements. The aerial is usually of the dipole type, with a reflector and a special matching feeder cable to connect the aerial to the receiver. Usually a receiver is designed for a feeder … Continue reading →

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Interesting Movies From The Past…

Posted on 19 October 2011 by Patrick

Buggleskelly Today… Buggleskelly Today… The year of 1937 began the birth of Buggleskelly, the mythical Irish railway station set on a stretch of disused line near Basingstoke in Hampshire England. The setting was for the film Oh, Mr. Porter starring … Continue reading →

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Interesting Quotes From The Past…

Posted on 18 October 2011 by Patrick

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio, Lord Nelson 1758-1805 British admiral. I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself. Jose Ortega y Gasset 1883-1955 Spanish … Continue reading →

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Posted on 14 October 2011 by Patrick

Enid… A Rare Moment… This very rare snapshot is thought to be taken on Hampstead Heath, North London soon after actress Enid Stamp Taylor’s marriage to diamond merchant Sidney Colton. Left is Enid’s mother Agnes Stamp Taylor, Enid and Sidney. The car is a … Continue reading →

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Posted on 7 October 2011 by Patrick

The Aldwych Ghost Station… The Aldwych Subway Station is a ghost station, built in 1907 as The Strand, it closed its doors to passengers for the last time in 1994… Standing now, on its deserted platform deep below London’s busy streets, I … Continue reading →

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Interesting Movies From The Past…

Posted on 3 October 2011 by Patrick

Hobson’s Choice 1953. Hobson’s Choice has got to be one of the most beautiful movies ever made by Director David Lean. Set in Salford Lancashire… I’ve never tired of watching the masterly acting of Charles Laughton. It was written by … Continue reading →

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Interesting People From The Past…

Posted on 29 September 2011 by Patrick

PORTAL of Hungerford, Marshal of the R.A.F. Viscount; Charles Frederick Portal. He served for a time in the Army in the First World War, and before it ended was a Colonel in the Royal Flying Corps. He commanded the British … Continue reading →

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Posted on 25 September 2011 by Patrick

Home Thoughts of Enid Stamp Taylor… I stood outside The People’s Palace on The Mile End road, one hot July afternoon in 1980. Somehow standing there I could feel her presence on that wintry evening all those years ago. She would … Continue reading →

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