January 2010
6 posts
A JOURNEY OF LANDMARKS THROUGH THE CITY TO WORK
As I board the number nine bus, on Kensington Road, going to Green Park, on the left I see Kensington Palace, where Princess Diana used to live.
A hundred yards from the bus stop is the Kensington Gardens toilets. In fact they are run by the City of Westminster, since they are on the borderline.
A few years ago, there was a sign that read, ‘These toilet are out of use. Sorry for the...
SOME THOUGHTS AT A CONCERT IN KENSINGTON
St Stephen’s Church, Gloucester Road, in the centre of Kensington, is a stone’s throw from where I live. I used to take my mother to St James’s Church in Piccadilly nearly every week. As we were getting ready to go out, she would ask me, “Are we going to the concert?”
I went to a funeral at St Stephen’s Church of someone I met in the local coffee shop. We weren’t close, but we always got on well...
GLOUCESTER ROAD
Gloucester Road used to be a village. It was formerly known as Hogmore Lane. In 1826, in honour of Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, sister-in-law of George III, it was changed to Gloucester Road. Farmers used to go through this road to take the pigs to market.
The following shop windows reflect my life:
No. 34 THE GLOUCESTER ARMS Has been my local for 30 years. George Canning, whose home was here,...
SHOPPING
Usually you can only go into a shop once or twice in a short space of time because familiarity breeds contempt… Robert Dangoor.
A shop is a business environment, a place where deals are undertaken. So, the differences that we all have are accentuated by repetition. One usually gets the best out of something the first time and the shopkeeper makes more profit the first time. In some cases, the...
YOU WOULDN'T BE NORMAL IF YOU DON'T REACT IN AN...
Your life is in your hands but sometimes obstacles get in your way and your hands then become tied.
If I was expecting a friend to help me out in a difficult situation, I would feel very disappointed if he let me down at the last minute and would think twice before asking someone again.
If I ask a friend to do a DIY job in my flat and I pay him and then he asks me to lend him money which he...
I'M NOT MAD, DOCTOR, IT'S THE REST OF THE WORLD
A doctor prescribes some pills for me. “Take those,” he says, “and you will feel much better.”
I tell him there is nothing wrong with me; it’s the rest of the world that is mad.
So, what does ‘mad’ mean? One dictionary definition is ‘mentally deranged’ while another has it as ‘insane.’
Therefore, if so many every day incidences in the world are considered to be ‘normal,’ wouldn’t it be better...