Tag Archives: tweed

A house move to Malaysia and a musty old school (Rousse)

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Dreamaticus

RL and SL and said that they were moving to Kansas, but now their plans had changed. Their new home would be Malaysia. Before they left for Asia, RL recommended me for a teaching post at an Edinburgh private school. … Continue reading →

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Mrs Thatcher goes to the loo (Rousse)

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I came face-to-face with a giant Spitting Image style Mrs Thatcher dressed in grey tweed. Just beyond her, shuffling along in a blue dress, was the Queen. It looked like Mrs Thatcher wanted to go the the ladies’ lavatory. I … Continue reading →

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Queen honours crocodile-tailed, Tweed-suited swimmer (Rousse)

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The swimmer dressed in a tweed suit and crocodile tail, and competing against his two sons, impressed the Queen so much so that she made him a baron.

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A Daily Mail reader out of place (Rousse)

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I felt rather out of place in the huge panelled drawing room stuffed with men in tweed jackets reading broadsheet newspapers, especially when carrying a copy of the Daily Mail. When I sat down in the dining room it was … Continue reading →

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Open plan living and outlet stores (Rousse)

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR came out of retirement to do one last rotation in the US. We lived ‘open plan’ in a gym-sized hall alongside many other people. This meant that we had to share furniture and dress in front of the others. … Continue reading →

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Perspectives from a plinth (Rousse)

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

My elderly neighbour Mrs Frazier was dying of a deadly disease, and for this reason I was helping her with her walled garden. I half expected that she would leave it to me, along with her tiny mews house. I … Continue reading →

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Madonna advises against A list celebrity friendships (Rousse)

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Dreamaticus

The Indian manager of the charity shop had fallen in love with me. He begged for a date, offering to pay for both the coffee and my time with him in the cafe at the rate of £5 an hour. … Continue reading →

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Badger Peeping Tom discovered in ladies’ toilets (Rousse)

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Dreamaticus

It was not so unusual for me to meet up with my university pals SL and HJ (or SC and HJ as they were), but when we also saw GG and GK come into the café, we were rather surprised. … Continue reading →

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Greater demand for Borders rail links along the Tweed (Rousse)

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Dreamaticus

There was one day left of our holiday. RA mentioned that she had never been to the border towns of Berwick, Coldstream, Cornhill or Kelso so we considered a cycling route with a stop-off at my cousins’ house, or a … Continue reading →

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Fire alarm evacuation leads to another encounter with ST (Rousse)

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Poor ST (again). When the fire alarm went off I stepped out into the corridor and found him there dressed in a blue tweed jacket. “Oh, hello”, I said, “I’ve been dreaming about you again. In fact, I may be … Continue reading →

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