Unmitigated England

There was one thing we knew as boys. And that was that the illustration on the front of  Hornby catalogues and train set boxes would usua...

    Yesterday saw our annual village show, named after the next village for some still unexplained reason. I've gone on about it...

Last week I had one of those moments when something occurred that hurled me back through time and space. The brass wheels and clocks fina...

Now, I have a theory. I don't have them very often these days, wish I did. It's about modern housing development. We're curre...

People say of a good book "Ooh I just can't put it down". Well you will this one : a) to laugh out loud, b) to cry (possibl...

In my last post you will have seen the front cover for the new Shires Library book 'British Family Cars of the 1950s & 60s...

In Unmitigated England, there are certain essential books that must appear on bookshelves, both in the home and at the local library. An ass...