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Tag Archives: shop
Medicine as a mature student at the University of Cambridge (Rousse)
Aged 25, and after several exam attempts, I was finally admitted to the University of Cambridge as a medical student. My mother and sister S came with me to Cambridge on my first day to help me settle in. They … Continue reading
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Tagged book, bookshop, Cambridge, commercialisation, dining, dinner, gender, hall, medicine, segregation, shop, sister, student, toilet, university
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Cycling in the Pentland Hills (Rousse)
I had stripped down to my underwear in the charity shop, but the staff couldn’t care less – presumably because I was their best customer. However, it was getting late, and at 9pm TPR was anxious that we might miss … Continue reading
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Tagged bike, bus, charity, customer, cycle, hills, Pentland, rendezvous, shop, station, taxi, TPR, underwear
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Forced to shop at Asda (Rousse)
I was shocked when I thought that the small concrete block at the roadside was our new home. Relieved that it was not, I followed TPR further down the road to a turn-off on the left. A long, single track … Continue reading
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Tagged ASDA, basketball, chaos, commune, family, hedge, house, Lanarkshire, road, shop
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Aristotle, Shakespeare, Pirandello, Henry IV – and a shop for sale in Stirchley (Rousse)
The university reunion in Birmingham was a very dull affair, attracting only the quietest of my former classmates. I eventually managed to persuade JG into a conversation. She spoke of her preference for the study of Latin and Greek over … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Birmingham, French, Greek, Henry IV, Latin, Pirandello, Shakespeare, shop, university
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Sir Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and the lyrics to ‘Yellow submarine’ (Rousse)
Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon agreed to make a personal appearance at a tiny independent book shop. As one of its regular customers, I was invited to meet the two former Beatles. McCartney entered the room first. He was … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, appearance, Beatles, book, bookshop, former, John Lennon, paper, Paul McCartney, personal, shop, sir, Sir Paul McCartney, tattoos, Yellow submarine
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Evidence of a wife’s affair (Rousse)
When SO’N walked into the shop, the man on the counter shot me a worried glance. In his hand he was holding the fountain pen that would give away SO’N’s wife L’s affair. It was now my responsibility to get … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, counter, evidence, fountain, husband, pen, shop, wife
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Hacked by Laurence Passmore (Rousse)
To kill time before my dinner date with TPR, I wandered around the huge Tesco store. I admired the massive suitcases, and the extensive collection of huge tents and other camping equipment. When I exited the shop and started to … Continue reading
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Tagged hack, harm, Laurence Passmore, ransom, restaurant, shop, stranger, suitcase, tent, Tesco, TPR, woman
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The stained glass well of Morningside (Rousse)
In our spare half hour, MHH and I made a quick trip down Morningside Road to the famous stained glass well. We walked up the little hillock to the well shaft. From here we peered down at the jewelled glass … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, glass, hillock, lozenge, Morningside, platform, shaft, shop, stained, water, well
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Unwanted charity shop donations destroyed in secret in-store bonfire (Rousse)
TPR brought out yet another bags of clothes and random bits and pieces to sort for donation to charity. I guessed that the knitting needles would be welcomed, but most of this junk was almost certainly destined for the Bethany … Continue reading
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