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Here's a cheery cricketing photo to be going on with - it's Francis and Archie at Lord's - posing ...
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Here's a cheery cricketing photo to be going on with - it's Francis and Archie at Lord's - posing ...
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* From now on please don't worry about the future, stay with what you already know and love. * Appoint the person you most trust as your advocate and ask them to read this book while you get on with your life. * Forget about the diagnosis. You're very good at forgetting now, so use this skill to forget about dementia and get on with enjoying your life once more
These are messages in Oliver James's wonderful book Contented Dementia and, now that I can't any longer ignore the fact that my mother has this condition, I would like to dedicate these wise words to her.
The trouble is that just now I feel rather more daunted and less able to cope than I did when I was trying to row us both up the river aged 2 1/2.
]]>A much more erudite comment came from Barry Kernon (of life-saving accountants H.W. Fisher) who drew our attention to one Nicholas Wanostrocht (born 1804) - who prefered to be known as Nicholas Felix. He was, says www.cricinfo "one of the most remarkable cricketers of all times ... a talented man, being a classical scholar, musician, linguist, inventor, author and an artist. During his life he did much to improve cricket, for he invented the Catapulta, a bowling machine, originated indiarubber batting gloves and, as an author, left behind him several books and small works on the arts of the game." If anyone knows what a Catapulta looked like we'd love to see it - but did c19th century dog owners raise any objections? For the latest on Frank Thorogood's sidearm go to www.sidearm-cricket.com
The Essex Chronicle has now had its say on the 'cricket-mad farmer' - mad farmer would seem to be the executive summary.
]]>The sit-on / eat-off cube that she made using pictures of Peter Duck from Classic Boat magazine is one of my favourite possessions. A joy to look at, useful and TOUGH. I think Victoria's work is perfect for special occasion presents - give a journalist a table covered with his / her own newpaper, for instance. She's also brilliant at special commissions - the 'Under the Sea bookshelf' was made for my grandchildren and looks even better for real than it does in the photo.
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Vicky Platt and Rhodri Davies's beautiful yacht sailing up the River Orwell on New Year's Day. (I'll get the picture to work better soon) Vicky's family had the yacht Campion when I was young and many happy evenings were spent with Campion and Peter Duck alongside one another in the Walton Backwaters. Vicky's father Stewart wrote the memoir My Three Grey Mistresses.]]>Sidearm from mitzmedia on Vimeo.
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