Tag Archives: grandmother

Long-dead grandmother turns up in Queen’s bedroom (Rousse)

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My parents’ vast house was designated the most appropriate venue for the 18th and 21st birthday celebrations of my niece and nephew. The first arrivals – a bunch of gorgeous young men in dinner suits who had travelled up from … Continue reading →

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A dead grandmother, a muscular tramp, and a lost wallet (Rousse)

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I spent the night before the dinner at my Granny T’s house. She was looking remarkably well – and indeed fashionable – for someone who had been dead for twenty years. On the evening of the big event itself I … Continue reading →

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Tom Skelton’s one-man show, a dress from Woolworths, Dave Eggers, and icing penguins (Rousse)

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Although by mid-September the Edinburgh Fringe was well and truly over, a few acts had stayed in town to try their luck with the locals and last of the summer tourists. Tom Skelton of Racing Minds was still performing his … Continue reading →

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Disappointing reunion and relatives (Rousse)

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I was rather disappointed with the table setting at the big reunion party. Surely this kind of occasion deserved proper table linen and glasses? The paper napkins and plastic cups were simply not good enough. I would have to have … Continue reading →

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A seaside discussion of the merits of the Marks and Spencer store card (Rousse)

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Dreamaticus

My long-dead red-lipsticked granny and I clung to the sea wall bracing ourselves for the next wave. Although the scene might have looked tropical with its smattering of palm trees along the shoreline, this was the north east coast of … Continue reading →

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Referendum aggression on the Edinburgh tram, and a dead grandmother (Rousse)

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I laughed out loud when the idiot behind me boasted “I work for the Sun and I could sell Scotland for $2 billion!”. He clearly believed that this kind of statement would convince everyone of both his nationalist credentials, and … Continue reading →

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Drunk Police fan and dead grandmother responsible for multiple car crashes (Rousse)

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Dreamaticus

With my sister J at the wheel of the Fiat Panda, we turned off the main road and drove past a country pub packed with Eton schoolboys dressed in their school uniform. They couldn’t take their eyes off A, next … Continue reading →

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Family fun outdoors (Rousse)

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I rode with my family in an open train carriage across the wide salmon river. It had been an eventful day: my middle sister had taken my little sister to the hospital for an operation that she claimed to have … Continue reading →

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Parkes Observatory hosts visit of geriatric stargazer (Rousse)

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I knew that my Granny T had been to Australia a couple of times in her later life to see my Uncle J, but until I saw the photos of her standing proudly outside the Parkes Observatory in New South … Continue reading →

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Daring Danish rescue attempt ends with death (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I’d only met C in real life once before. Since our brief encounter earlier in the year all our recent contact had been online, where C’s alias was A. He’d agreed to pass on some photography hints to TPR so … Continue reading →

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