Category Archives: Strange things

Barclays Bank Customer Services

By Lesley | Published: October 15, 2007

The other day, I found a Barclays bank visa card on the pavement as I took the dog for a walk

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Update: Please can we have our beaches back?

By Lesley | Published: August 17, 2007

I have today received a reply to the letter which I sent to Jane Davidson at theWelsh Assembly on the subject of the dredging of the Helwick Bank. Here is the reply:

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Holocaust denial ?

By Lesley | Published: April 28, 2007

I received an E-mail yesterday in the form of a chain letter. Rather than pass it to friends as an E-mail, I decided instead to refer to it here.

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The Mumbles Railway

By Lesley | Published: March 26, 2007

This week sees the two hundredth anniversary of the introduction of the oldest passenger carrying railway in the world, the famous Mumbles Railway

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Dreadful refereeing – Italy v. Wales

By Lesley | Published: March 11, 2007

Yesterday we watched a dreadful display of refereeing in Rome by Chris White, of the rugby match between Italy and Wales. I have several points to make:

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Staffie to France? Non!

By Lesley | Published: January 29, 2007

Last summer, we had a very successful camping holiday in France accompanied by our Staffie Cross, which I wrote about here (Click to read) We have now been informed that our lovely furry friend is considered to be a dangerous breed and will not be allowed into France.

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Prison or Suspended sentence ?

By Lesley | Published: January 27, 2007

How can it be right to give paedophiles suspended sentences because the prisons are too full,

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Branscombe Wreck

By Lesley | Published: January 25, 2007

We were horrified to see the looting which occurred at Branscombe this week, whilst everybody else in the area was trying to prevent damage to the coastline and to the environment. The sight on TV of people deliberately

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Tsunami ?

By Lesley | Published: January 13, 2007

On Boxing Day, on the second anniversary of the dreadful tsunami in the southern hemisphere, we were also reminded of something that happened during our sailing years. In 2003 there was an earthquake in Algeria.

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Halloween

By Lesley | Published: October 31, 2006

As this is the night when all self respecting ghosts and ghouls come out to play, I thought it fitting to air a true ghost story: Some years ago, on a wet and windy day in November I was driving home for lunch along a deserted narrow lane in Swansea. Suddenly a pale sickly-looking old [...]

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