Category Archives: England

Tennyson Walk the Isle of Wight 1985

December 27, 2023 – 9:35 am

December 1985 Vonelli invited Lizzie and me to the Isle of Wight. We were sitting in a Bastille cafe. Lizzie had a show on TV that night. Her song was playing on the radio. I had to work at the Balajo later. There wasn’t much holiday spirit on the Rue De La Roquette. “We’ll do […]

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THE SEASON FOR GIVING by Peter Nolan Smith

December 26, 2023 – 4:01 am

Early on the morning of December 24, 1985 Vonelli, Lizzie and I entered the Gard Du Nord. We walked down the platform to our train. Our breath hung in the frosty winter air. Lizzie exhaled a thick cloud of smoke. The singer loved her Gaulloises. “So tell me again why we are going le Ile […]

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Stags Shagging in Season

October 24, 2023 – 6:13 am

Putney was not exactly the center of London, but I chose to stay with Sara. We were the best of friends. Dawn came early at her house. Every morning the record executive walked her sweet little dog, Maysie, in Richmond Park. I was a stranger to the Royal Park, the largest in London, and was […]

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Not Without A Fight

July 3, 2023 – 2:04 am

New England rejected British rule in 1775. Not everyone wanted independence, but after the April 18th firefights of Lexington and Concord coupled with disastrous retreat to Boston His King’s generals should have realized they have a fight on their hands/. Unfortunately for their troops and officer corps the royal generals decided to send 6000 soldiers […]

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God Damn The Queen

June 5, 2022 – 4:56 pm

Queen Elizabeth II was honored by a Silver Jubilee in 1977. While most of the English were glad to celebrate their sovereign’s 25th year on the throne, the country was in a terrible state with the war in Occupied Ireland and unemployment on the dole was the destiny of the young. it was not a […]

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