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See You In Court! #28

...st in the story did nothing for my dad’s sanity and my mum was still hoping to have him committed and kept making appointments for him with the psychiatrist.  Once again, the Police were called every week informing them of the threats on the singer’s life and they eventually took my dad’s gun licence off him just in case anything did happen! We tried to keep out of the way as much as possible and stayed in Burton all week, where we worked, and came home at weekends where we would meet up with our friends and party in the apartments out of sight and sound of my parents.  One morning we came home at 8am after being out all night and met my dad on the stai...

Here comes the bride (Part 1) #30

...de of the story to him and told him of my dad’s terrible temper and how he might start an argument in the church.  He then told us something that stunned us – he told us that vicars have the power of arrest in their church if anyone causes a disturbance; this is apparently from some ancient law.  Wow – we never knew that; I wonder how many people do know? I think we just left it then and hoped that the solicitor’s letter would be enough.  I did hear many years later on the grapevine that mum had crept in at the back of the church for a quick look before the ceremony ended – I hope she did. But first we had to have our stag and hen dos.  In those...

See you in Court #27

...st in the story did nothing for my dad’s sanity and my mum was still hoping to have him committed and kept making appointments for him with the psychiatrist. Once again, the Police were called every week informing them of the threats on the singer’s life and they eventually took my dad’s gun licence off him just in case anything did happen! The original suits of armour that were swapped over We tried to keep out of the way as much as possible and stayed in Burton all week, where we worked, and came home at weekends where we would meet up with our friends and party in the apartments out of sight and sound of my parents. One morning we came home at 8am...

Get me to the church on time! #30

...de of the story to him and told him of my dad’s terrible temper and how he might start an argument in the church. He then told us something that stunned us – he told us that vicars have the power of arrest in their church if anyone causes a disturbance; this is apparently from some ancient law. I wonder how many people know that? I think we just left it then and hoped that the solicitor’s letter would be enough. I did hear many years later on the grapevine that mum had crept in at the back of the church for a quick look before the ceremony ended – I hope she did. But first we had to have our stag and hen dos. In those days it was always the night befor...

Moving Out#32

...rt of the story:  Moving On If you want to read my story from the beginning please click here  ...

The Origins of the Stately Home #39

...Why are stately homes so called? Stately home actually means 'a large impressive old house with interesting history and usually visited by the public.' Well, I suppose they do look very 'stately' for a start but these houses were also a status symbol for the great families of England, who competed with each other to provide hospitality for the royal household who would travel around England meeting their subjects. Stately homes were huge mansions which were always beautiful and the epitome of perfect architecture, often designed by famous architects of the day. The gardens too would be perfectly landscaped to show balance, variety, sequence and colour. One of t...