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When I was a yoof my dad was the owner of a small business. He called himself the Manager or Owner. It expanded a bit and he became known...

On Friday I went up to Layton Road to look at the work that had been promised by Hounslow Highway to clear the mess underneath the...

At some time during all this – my memory of dates is hazy, a bit like when I did History at school – I had a temp job at Honeywell in...

Yes, that was me. My school was literally next door to my home, but boarding was heavily encouraged for two reasons: being a day boy...

For some reason this website from time to time decided to turn my writing inside out. It annoys me. I quite like the normal green type on...

This blog was posted on my Facebook blog page but I had forgotten about this story, or that I had the Facebook page . I have resurrected...

As I said, not much happened this week. I was still in Brentford on Friday and Saturday but the only excitement (mild) was meeting with...

On Friday I attended a funeral at Mortlake Crematorium. This was for Sue Casey. Sue was a former teacher but whilst I have been active...

On Friday I had a brief meeting and a beer with a local man about problems with the back part of the old Charlton House, where it butts...

I won't bore you with old cars again this week, but I went on Friday to something called Race Retro. Surprisingly, old racing cars....

Well this has been a dispiritingly quiet week. I'm not sure whether this is because people are on holiday (certainly quite a number...

I was off to France (very) first thing on last Wednesday. Pleasant calm crossing to Calais and down the French Autoroutes to Paris. They...

I wrote this last year, and although it does not conflict with any Labour policy it caused some upset amongst the top politicians in Hounslow and probably started me down the path which resulted in me being expelled from the party. It is a little out of date in detail, but the principle is entirely valid. I would add if I was recreating it now, I would add a view that the level of rent applied to council homes is below the level that makes it viable, because it is plainly not

This will be a very short one because a) I have not done much this week b) I am going on a short break in Paris looking at old cars,...

Very quiet week for me, one way and another. Brentford West is a fairly quiet ward compared to the old huge Brentford ward so I get less...

It feels quite weird to be using that title. I have had difficulty with 'Daddy' since I was a teenager, though my sisters, both older...

This is my first attempt to do my 'normal' blog starting writing it on my webpage. Me and technology are not always good partners so...

Well the glorious winterval is over and I suppose I need to get back to writing my weekly update. Of course there is not too much to...

When I was a lot younger than I am today, I remember driving my Austin 1100 - a thing of unparalleled beauty - outside Dagenham Heathway...

Still very frozen Scotland in the morning but no more snow seen. First task was to visit McCaig's folly. Oban seems to be built on 7...