Marathons have been in the news recently, sadly not always for the right reasons. It was poignant, though, that last week saw the funeral of Vince Regan who founded the Bolton Marathon in 1981 which attracted a field of 8000 runners (myself included.). Its official title was the Pony British Marathon and I put my [...]
So, David Bowie is a pensioner and my mind turns back to the first time I saw him in concert in 1973 at the Manchester Hardrock, a long since gone venue next to Lancashire County Cricket Ground which is now a B&Q! Mark Radcliffe writing in the Sunday Mirror reminisces that he too was at [...]
I’m not at the ‘Tell me about the war granddad’ stage, but the fact that I shared vicariously in the lifestyles of the rich and famous many years ago always still appears to be of interest to the younger members of the team at staff socials. Or maybe they just keep me talking so the [...]
