Hazardous times at sea
THOSE in the maritime insurance business exactly a century ago might well have wished they had embarked on a different career - especially if they were underwriters.
The giant Hales amused Her Majesty
12 March 2010 16:36
NEARLY two centuries after the birth at West Somerton of the celebrated Norfolk giant, Robert Hales, he has been making headlines again - as befitting a legend widely known on both sides of the Atlantic in his lifetime..
Puffing Billy driver Pop in spotlight
05 March 2010 09:32
FOR an ordinary sort of working chap, not involved in public life or controversy or fame, it would be hard to imagine that one day, more than a quarter of a century after your death, thousands of newspaper readers would become acquainted with you, not just once but twice..
The days when we coped with winter
25 February 2010 15:50
BY the time you read today's column, I hope the snow and ice have long gone, although its subject matter might well induce a shiver or two as it prompts memories of the start of 2010 when this area suffered Arctic conditions, albeit not as savage as other parts of Britain..
Thought you were in Cobholm....
18 February 2010 17:31
FOR many a year before this nostalgia-orientated column was reborn in the Mercury in 1987, another feature had graced the pages of this newspaper and been revered by its readers: Around and About, written under the pen-name of Scout..
Sandbanks retain a deep fascination
11 February 2010 16:50
FILMS about shipping in the days of sail routinely include a tense scene in which a lead weight on a line is thrown into the sea and hauled back in while master and crew anxiously await a call like, “By the mark, five fathoms!” as they pray that there is enough water depth to prevent running aground..
04 February 2010 Chips on ex-pats' menus
28 January 2010 Propeller goes missing
21 January 2010 Thanks for the memories Keith
14 January 2010 Aces high for sports club
07 January 2010 My keen eye missed reminders of war
30 December 2009 Charlie is my name of choice
24 December 2009 A Nelson? Not on my cake compote?
17 December 2009 Amazing history of Darby's Hard
10 December 2009 Peaks at troughs from past
03 December 2009 Casualties of the Somme recalled
26 November 2009 If it ain't got that swing....
19 November 2009 Latest book is brimful of facts
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