Category Archives: Business

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Divi Day

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Shades

A local history book was published in Morley back in January, looking back at the golden days of the Co-op. I bought it mostly out of wanting to support local history projects but it considerably exceeded my expectations. The book … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Business, Memes, history | Tagged | 2 Comments

Woof’s off…

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Shades

A few more photos from Whitby in the Summer. Hover for a narrative, click for a bigger pic.

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One born every minute…

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Shades

A Sucker, that is. On our recent trip to America, we were deceived in various ways three times by enterprising Americans. Each one is worthy of closer analysis. The first one I’ll call the plausible panhandler. A tall, black lady, … Continue reading →

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Giz a job…

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Shades

Today, the Mobile phone giant O2 came to David’s school to talk about careers. To make it more interesting, the children in Year 5 and Year 6 were encouraged to dress up as the job they thought they might like … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Culture, skools n' ospitals | 7 Comments

Bye bye to the bowler hats

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Shades

David no longer has a savings account with the Bradford & Bingley. I’ve mentioned it before  but I have a bit of a three strikes and you’re out policy with outfits that rattle my chain. The first gripe with them was … Continue reading →

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