Tuesday, 31 October 2017
1710.31 ARE DARK FORCES KILLING TRADITION?
It's that time of year again, it's Halloween. A time when kids go around knocking on doors dressed up in fancy dress (usually horror characters), when adults attend parties dressed as the very same. But it wasn't always quite like this...
Labels:
bonfire,
bonfire night,
fireworks,
guy fawkes,
Halloween,
history,
tradition,
trick or treat
Location:
South Yorkshire, UK
Sunday, 29 October 2017
1710.29 A CHANCE TO EMPTY MY HEAD
Time to relax is important. It's just as important to relax your mind as well as your body. That was the plan anyway this weekend gone.
Location:
St Neots, UK
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
1710.25 CRAMMING FOR THE TEST
It's 30 years since I took my exams at the end of my school life. Big changes happened to English exams the year after, but now they're changing back (sort of). They do say history repeats itself.
Labels:
current events,
education,
exams,
government,
school
Location:
South Yorkshire, UK
Saturday, 21 October 2017
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
1710.16 THE LAST EVER PARENT-TEACHER EVENING
As a parent of older children, well an adult and a teenager, I've seen many of the parenting tasks end. Last Thursday I saw another one end.
Location:
Rotherham, UK
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
1710.10 15 YEAR BLOGGERVERSARY
Ok, it might not be the most popular blog but I enjoy it and it's been around a long time, fifteen year in fact. That's right, I've been writing this stuff for a decade and a half.
Labels:
anniversary,
blogging,
webcomic,
website
Location:
South Yorkshire, UK
Sunday, 8 October 2017
1710.08 WONDERFUL EVERYDAY
It's been over 20 years in the making. People have actively campaigned for this to happen. Well the wait was finally over as Sheffield welcomed Ikea to the city last week as the Swedish store opened it's doors to it's 20th UK premises.
Thursday, 5 October 2017
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
1710.04 SWEET SIXTEEN
Being a parent is a job for life. Sure the sleepless nights are over pretty quick, in fact the whole childhood part is over pretty quick so if you've got little ones make sure you're savouring it all.
Labels:
16,
birthday,
celebration,
daughter,
Rags
Location:
South Yorkshire, UK
Thursday, 28 September 2017
1709.28 WEBCOMIC: ROLLO #27 - CLUB
So here it is... I'm self publishing my comics on my blog. They will still be available on other platforms but this is the place to see them first.
Rollo #27; Rollo and his best mate Dave hit the town for a lads night out.
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
1709.27 ALL BAD NEWS
Like a lot of people I have a news app on my phone. There are loads out there that chime to give you the latest breaking headlines. I subscribe to the BBC News app but they're all pretty much the same.
Labels:
apps,
current events,
mobile phone,
news,
world
Location:
South Yorkshire, UK
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
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