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Well, Here's Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into

July 16th 2017
University was coming to an end and the reality was kicking in, that I had better start finding a job or perhaps better still a career. In the dark days of the early 1980s, finding gainful employment wasn't necessarily straightforward and for many impossible. The Grocer's Daughter had reduced much of the old industrial landscape to rubble and to many, jobs were something that other folk had down i ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more

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The original purpose of the blog was the 20th wedding anniversary trip in 2006 / 2007 - Ashes cricket in Oz, setting off early in April and going the long way round! The trip came to an end in February 2007 and for a while retrospective blogging was the only option (for reasons that you can find in the Road to Freedom). There are still two to travel and the passport is now back in use in 2009. We get distracted in more than the odd football ground along the way, but it is all part of the journey.... full info

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