Recent content by Richard Dye

That is the place indelibly etched in my mind (head)!

Wonderful days!

And no one could be in touch until you got home!

Lovely indeed! It is wonderful how well the town looks, with so much class and charm.

I actually remember that garden center for a very different reason.

I think you are right Pedro!

Interesting commentary; 120 years ago we had dry summers, so this is no a new thing! My grandfather (mothers) would always blame the steam trains. Sorry for the shift off topic but we can learn a lot from history!

Very interesting chronology!

Very informative piece Pedro! It is amazing how much work was done because of the river Rea. Lest we forget the benefits the populace derived from it! Hind sight is 20 20, the focus back in the day was getting work done and they did!

A company I worked for decided to buy one of those for the management team. After about three years of throwing it away unused and the end of each year I told them I didn’t need it, turns out most of the leadership team told the HR department the same thing. And yes in engineering we used Gantt...

Yes, the frontage is indeed splendid! Very pleased it will continue on it also goes to show the durability of those buildings built well over a 100 years ago!

I watched this video and then Wikipedia’d Villiers and became saddened by their journey into oblivion. Whomever orchestrated the demise of the motorcycle industry did the same to the car industry. Bigger is not always better, after WW2 Honda, Toyota were very small as was BMW, Audi et al…… my...

Lyn, absolutely right on point!

What is very sad that our grandchildren will never experience that feeling of community where everyone is a participant. Not saying it was perfect by any stretch but a place for everyone. I remember when a very dear friend and I were into playing darts, we were about 18. We were on our way to...

Those old pubs were an institution, never to be seen again. They were for the most part a place everyone could go with modest income, many were nothing fancy just a wonderful part of the fabric of our life and growing up. It is a sad day when they are pulled down with nothing to replace them...