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Special exhibition at the Royal Air Force Museum
November 2nd, 2011 by Roger Darlington
The Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon in north-west London was opened in 1972 and I visited it regularly in the 1970s and 1980s. However, I haven’t been there for many years, but was drawn back this week for a special exhibition. The exhibition – small but very informative – is called “Brothers In Arms” […]
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World Book Night and me
October 31st, 2011 by Roger Darlington
World Book Night – now in its second year – is a unique collaboration between publishers, booksellers, librarians, writers and individual members of the public – all of whom are committed to sharing their love of books and reading with the wider world and through participating in the giving away of 1,000,000 specially printed books. […]
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Overnight with my granddaughter
October 30th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
Next month is my daughter-in-law’s birthday and my son would like to take her away overnight to celebrate the event. So my beautiful granddaughter Catrin – now nine and a half months – will stay overnight with us. It was decided that I should have a trial run at this new responsibility by staying overnight […]
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Manchester City vs Manchester United
October 24th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
Growing up in Manchester in the 1950s and 1960s [some recollections here], I could not fail to be aware of the rivalry between supporters of Manchester City and fans of Manchester United, although personally I had little interest in football (which is still the case). I particularly remember in 1956 (when I was almost eight) […]
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A day with the young and the old
October 21st, 2011 by Roger Darlington
I continue to delight in seeing my granddaughter Catrin whenever I can help out her parents with some childminding. She is now nine months old and at nursery and sometimes – like this Tuesday – I collect her from nursery and look after her for a couple of hours till her parents return from work. […]
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My offer to be a London Ambassador (6)
October 3rd, 2011 by Roger Darlington
Fourteen months ago, I did my first posting about my wish to be a London Ambassador for the 2012 Olympic Games. Today I received this e-mail: “Thank you for attending your recent London Ambassadors recruitment event. The recruitment events closed on Friday 5 August, after 195 days of interviews, and we were extremely impressed by […]
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Off to Lisbon – without Honey
September 13th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
I’m about to go off for a few days to Lisbon, so I won’t be blogging again until the weekend. I’m having a short break with my sister Silvia, while my wife Vee looks after the cat Honey. When I return, Vee will go off to the Czech Republic with her sister Mari, while I […]
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Catrin & I brave a wet and windy London
September 6th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
My darling granddaughter Catrin – now almost eight months – is usually at nursery on weekdays but staff were on a training day today, so her mum and dad asked if I could help out. It was my fourth babysitting duty with her. In some ways, it was the most challenging. It was the longest […]
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Catrin’s visit to Wagamama
August 27th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
Today I indulged in one of my favourite activities: spending time with my gorgeous granddaughter Catrin (now seven and a half months). I was supposed to be babysitting this evening so that her mum & dad could go out and visit friends, but I was advised early in the day that she had her first […]
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New views of St Paul’s Cathedral
August 25th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
Today I had a business lunch with a BT colleague at a restaurant close to the company’s headquarters in Paternoster Square which is next to St Paul’s Cathedral. I took the opportunity afterwards to call into the new shopping centre One New Change. I confess that I was less interested in the shops than in […]
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