Memories of a Second Class Cricketer

A Good Innings I Because cricket was for many years my chief escape from what are sometimes  laughingly called serious affairs, I promised myself I would never write about it. This is the seventh book I promised never to write. Benny Green A History of  Cricket  Barrie and Jenkins, London, 1988. For my agnostic father Alex,Continue reading “Memories of a Second Class Cricketer”

Gateway

My Time With Gateway This is a little story about a university group. It is a tale of adversity, determination and, in many cases, ultimate triumph. The students who joined that group had experienced life the hard way. Some had been floored by drugs, there were several divorcees with children, one candidate had MS andContinue reading “Gateway”

Nostalgia

Good morning Illness and life-struggle have kept me away from this place for a while. I am glad to be back. It seems sometimes almost a duty to keep on sharing. When you are old, above the average life span, it is hard not to think of the past. Old friends who seemed eternal piecesContinue reading “Nostalgia”