No matter what our kids And the new generation think about us, we are Special People. Our very lives are living proof of what we have survived and how we enjoyed it all. Continue reading Days Before the EU and Health & Safety
There were twelve of us in a group and together we met each night in the pub. There was little else to do in the week other than go to the new twist club that had started up on Wednesdays or to the local cinema once a week, and always on a Sunday when they showed a horror film or two. Saturday was the day we all longed to arrive. Half the gang did not have to work and the others stopped early, Continue reading The Days Before Health & Safety
By Jimper
The night was so calm. The sea just sat there and shivered. The old trawler I was alone in was thumping its way west. The trawl was working rather efficiently tonight and producing a lovely lot of fish. Now with the decks cleared I had thirty minutes before I hauled the net once more to empty on the deck. Continue reading Asleep on the Job
Having been left some money by my Nan and with plenty of operational and space problems to deal with on my existing machine, I took the plunge recently and invested in a new laptop. Now, I am as technophobic as they come and so, on the advice of friends, have always stuck to Mac computers. I last bought a Mac in 2009 and have used it virtually every day since and sometimes for 4 or 5 hours a day. Continue reading The Simple Things In Life Are Best
Father owned two six miles apart, one in Sussex where we lived, and the other in Kent. This farm was up on top of a hill with a northerly aspect and comprised of orchards, arable and sheep. The trees in the orchards were either apple or old cherries and the trees were enormous but cropped heavily. Continue reading Farms
Some years ago I acquired a fine silver medal, 35mm diameter and marked “PRIZE MEDAL OF THE HASTINGS AND ST LEONARDS INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION 1867” and then, recently the bronze version ,apparently struck from the same dies, turned up at auction and I added it to my collection. Continue reading Medals Mystery
In my capacity of owning a scrap yard and being willing to do odd jobs no-one else was willing to do in a rush, I got the reputation of the one who was willing to take on the occasionally problematic task, such as the time I was approached by a gentleman in Hastings. He was in a real fluster. It appeared that he had sold his house on the sea front but forgotten the safe that stood in the back of his garage. Continue reading Jimper’s Memories of Hastings Safe
Made in 1965
Filmed at Winchelsea Beach very close to the Ship Inn.
When I left school I spent two years learning about the job on two different farms. My father had a small holding which he thought I might take over at some point. Continue reading Local Farming in the 1920’s
A piece of film that I do not recognise. Could it be Charing? Continue reading Point to Point 1962
