Category Archives: Patrick’s Words

Milton Keynes Open Market…

Posted on 27/02/2010 by

Despite the bitter cold of an easterly wind on Friday, Marilyn and I, made a visit to Milton Keynes open market in search of VHS tapes and DVDs. It’s a wonderful myriad of a market set near to the enclosed … Continue reading →

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The Rat Pack’s in Town…

Posted on 20/02/2010 by

Proving that The Crooner’s are still alive and kicking, the Grove Theatre in Dunstable Bedfordshire gave Marilyn, Zena, and me, the sweet taste of success in the shape of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jrn, and Dean Martin. The Rat Pack live … Continue reading →

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The Olde Water Mill at Barton-Le-Clay

Posted on 01/02/2010 by

This lovely old bus sits outside the Dickensian village and olde water mill at Barton-Le-Clay in Bedfordshire, England. Adrian and I made a visit to this Bedfordshire community on Saturday and found there an excellent eating house with an even more excellent … Continue reading →

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Dinosaurs in Oxford Street…

Posted on 27/01/2010 by

Marilyn and I have passed this site many times whilst it was under construction because it stands beside our favourite eating house – The Duke of Marlborough off Oxford Street, London. Now they are here! DINOSAURS UNLEASHED is London’s Newest and … Continue reading →

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Moctezuma… King of the Aztecs

Posted on 24/01/2010 by

Marilyn and I just managed to squeeze into the exhibition on Moctezuma at the British Museum on Friday afternoon, after a sumptuous lunchtime meal at The Duke of Marlborough near Selfridges in Oxford Street. It was the last few days of Moctezuma’s exhibition … Continue reading →

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Sam Lord’s Castle…

Posted on 14/01/2010 by

Welcome to the final part of my visit to Barbados… First published by Home Counties Newspapers in February 1974… Now it is time to bid fond farewell to this tropical island paradise… Our one day in Barbados was all too short, but … Continue reading →

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The Bay of Fresh Water…

Posted on 12/01/2010 by

Welcome to the fourth part of my adventure on the island of Barbados… First published by Home Counties Newspapers in February 1974… This time we are in The Bay of Fresh Water… The early afternoon found us down at the … Continue reading →

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Fields of graceful sugar cane…

Posted on 10/01/2010 by

Welcome to the third part of my adventure in Barbados… First published by Home Counties Newspapers in February 1974… This time we visit the fields of graceful sugar cane… Regretfully we had only the duration of one day in Barbados, … Continue reading →

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Bathsheba… Far from the Madding Crowd

Posted on 08/01/2010 by

Welcome to the second part of my adventure in Barbados… first published by Home Counties Newspapers in February 1974, this article hopefully gives you a warmer feeling in the depths of a cold British winter…  “I hope the natives are … Continue reading →

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Island of Paradise in the sun!

Posted on 06/01/2010 by

Island of Paradise in the sun!… written by myself, was first published by Home Counties Newspapers in the February of 1974. Here, I have serialised the article for the internet. With the cold weather upon us… I hope its read warms the … Continue reading →

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