Category Archives: Good causes

Not everything in the world is done for self advancement or pecuniary advantage.

I gan noo wha ma organs gan…ª

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Shades

This is a campaign that the English National Health Service are running to encourage more of us to sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register. I’ve been on the list ever since I first found out about it, probably … Continue reading →

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Hunk of the month

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Shades

Not Christine Keeler, but Brownie, the outgoing Chairman. Brownie works in retail soft furnishings, managing a large shop. Only two calendar boys left to go now!

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A trip on the Pier

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Shades

The West Pier in Brighton was built in 1866 but closed in 1975 , slowly rotting for the next quarter century. During the last five years, it has suffered calamity and disaster, not all of it accidental. I won’t recount … Continue reading →

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Another Calendar Boy…

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Shades

The 9th in a unique series of twelve. This is Coops, who was a Morley jeweller at the time. He was also the Round Table Treasurer back in early 2003. Coops was a late edition to the line-up and this … Continue reading →

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Remember, remember, the 11th of November

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Shades

The Cenotaph in Second Life, early evening today, still a couple of people standing looking. Sadly, no wreaths on the top step around the plinth, the normal outcome of the proceedings.   This is a complex object and took ages … Continue reading →

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