Hextol
Flushed and bothered about the lights going out
Published 21 August 2008
IF YOU are easily offended. might I suggest you skip this column this week, as I intend to touch upon a matter of some delicacy?
Hairy recollections from my unfashionable past
Published 7 August 2008
I WAS casting through some ancient family photographs the other day, and was struck by the lack of sartorial elegance of myself and my brother in the 1950s.
My hopes of a perfect Cheshire cheese crumbled
Published 31 July 2008
ONE of my great regrets in life is that I have never been very good at complaining.
When my battered body came to a grinding halt
Published 24 July 2008
I HAVE overcome some pretty nasty injuries in my time.
Why do things vanish like smoke before my eyes?
Published 17 July 2008
THE other week I was writing about my desire to have the power to make myself invisible at appropriate moments.
Education left me well schooled in corporal punishment!
Published 11 July 2008
AT the risk of attracting squeals of outrage from the chalk face, don’t you feel sorry for Tynedale’s school teachers?
Driven to distraction by the great euro robbery
Published 3 July 2008
I BROKE new ground the other week by actually driving abroad.
Getting hooked has simply Scrabbled my brain
Published 26 June 2008
FORGIVE me if I have adopted a tap room pallor, and the nervous tic of junkie over the past few weeks.
Browsers beware – always read the small print!
Published 19 June 2008
IT HAS never been an ambition of mine to stand in the ladies’ underwear department of a large MetroCentre store clutching a handbag, as happened recently (again).
How do they manage to track down the real me ?
Published 12 June 2008
IF ever you want to while away an illuminating couple of hours, try sticking your own name into Google.
Chaos looms as I’m left alone to fend for myself
Published 6 June 2008
FORGIVE me if this column is a bit rushed this week, but I’ve got a lot of housework to do.
How my computer ground to a halt in the dust
Published 29 May 2008
FOR a quarter of a century, I managed my working day without recourse to a computer.
Recalling a raft of reasons why sport is just not my game
Published 22 May 2008
SUNDAY sees the annual raft race in Bellingham, when a flotilla of bizarre craft will be propelled down the River North Tyne by brawny types using everything from muck shovels to bare hands.
Pooling resources still leaves me out of my depth
Published 15 May 2008
FOR the first time in around 30 years, I dipped my tubby frame into the welcoming waters of Hexham swimming baths at the weekend.
Raise a glass to Vimto – the finest nectar of all
Published 8 May 2008
CAN I ask you all to raise your glasses today to toast the finest beverage known to man, which is celebrating its centenary this year?
Alarming cases of things that go off in the night
Published 2 May 2008
MANY years ago, on the advice of a fireman friend, Hextol Towers became one of the first properties in the North Tyne to be fitted with smoke alarms.
How ‘Granda’ ended up getting his just desserts
Published 24 April 2008
I WAS just coming in with the dog on Monday morning when I felt a large drop of rain splatter directly on top of my head.
How I became invisible at the wrong moment
Published 17 April 2008
FOR as long as I can remember, I have harboured the desire to become invisible at will.
Happy memories of the worthies and windbags
Published 10 April 2008
SAYING goodbye to Tynedale Council in 12 months’ time will be like attending the funeral of a well-loved but frustrating old friend.
When a woman is not the best person for the job
Published 3 April 2008
AT the risk of upsetting half the Courant readership, might I say that I don’t hold with this positive discrimination for women malarkey.
