I’ve been going to Dave’s in Morpeth to get my hair cut ever since I moved to the town. That was nearly thirty years ago. Dave reminded me that I was one of his first customers when he had his first shop on the main road North. He’s seen me go from black to grey … Continue reading Disloyalty card
Lower leagues
There is something enjoyable about lower league football. Away from the glamour and the glitz of the premier league, with its mega stars and obscene budgets there is still a lot that the beautiful game has to offer. It is not that I get to a lot of games. I would not call myself a … Continue reading Lower leagues
An oasis
There is a small oasis in our local tip. Morpeth's waste recycling centre has been transformed into an Eden, a paradise on earth. Among the metal skips and lumbering vehicles, among the ephemera and detritus of our modern lives there lies a pair of small gardens. Someone, I assume it is one of the people … Continue reading An oasis
A fair day to remember
For any respectable citizen of my home town the second Sunday in June has a red ring around it as that is the day of the annual Morpeth fair. It is an opportunity for all the people to come together, the well healed and the less so, the older and the young to enjoy the … Continue reading A fair day to remember
Torch
I cannot imagine that this is the first time that someone has run through Morpeth with a flaming torch but this time it was different, it was the once in a lifetime opportunity to see the Olympic flame come through our own home town and so this is how we found ourselves this morning standing … Continue reading Torch
