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      • No Need to Look for Love
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        • The Tannery Wager
        • 'Fini and Archie'
        • 'The Love Bridge'
        • 'Forgotten Love'
      • The Priest's Calling Card >
        • Chapter One - The Irish Custom
        • Chapter Two - Patrick Duffy's Family Background
        • Chapter Three - Patrick Duffy Junior's Vocation to Priesthood
        • Chapter Four - The first years of the priesthood
        • Chapter Five - Father Patrick Duffy in Seattle
        • Chapter Six - Father Patrick Duffy, Portlaw Priest
        • Chapter Seven - Patrick Duffy Priest Power
        • Chapter Eight - Patrick Duffy Groundless Gossip
        • Chapter Nine - Monsignor Duffy of Portlaw
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        • Chapter One - The Portlaw Runt
        • Chapter Two - Tony Arrives in California
        • Chapter Three - Tony's Life in San Francisco
        • Chapter Four - Tony and Mary
        • Chapter Five - The Portlaw Secret
      • The Oldest Woman in the World >
        • Chapter One - The Early Life of Sean Thornton
        • Chapter Two - Reporter to Investigator
        • Chapter Three - Search for the Oldest Person Alive
        • Chapter Four - Sean Thornton marries Sheila
        • Chapter Five - Discoveries of Widow Friggs' Past
        • Chapter Six - Facts and Truth are Not Always the Same
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        • Chapter 1 - 'Return of the Prodigal Son'
        • Chapter 2 - 'The early years of sweet innocence in Portlaw'
        • Chapter 3 - 'The Separation'
        • Chapter 4 - 'Separation and Betrayal'
        • Chapter 5 - 'Portlaw to Manchester'
        • Chapter 6 - 'Salford Choices'
        • Chapter 7 - 'Life inside Prison'
        • Chapter 8 - 'The Aylesbury Pilgrimage'
        • Chapter 9 - Sean's interest in stone masonary'
        • Chapter 10 - 'Sean's and Tony's Partnership'
        • Chapter 11 - 'Return of the Prodigal Son'
      • The Alternative Christmas Party >
        • Chapter One
        • Chapter Two
        • Chapter Three
        • Chapter Four
        • Chapter Five
        • Chapter Six
        • Chapter Seven
        • Chapter Eight
      • The Life of Liam Lafferty >
        • Chapter One: ' Liam Lafferty is born'
        • Chapter Two : 'The Baptism of Liam Lafferty'
        • Chapter Three: 'The early years of Liam Lafferty'
        • Chapter Four : Early Manhood
        • Chapter Five : Ned's Secret Past
        • Chapter Six : Courtship and Marriage
        • Chapter Seven : Liam and Trish marry
        • Chapter Eight : Farley meets Ned
        • Chapter Nine : 'Ned comes clean to Farley'
        • Chapter Ten : Tragedy hits the family
        • Chapter Eleven : The future is brighter
      • The life and times of Joe Walsh >
        • Chapter One : 'The marriage of Margaret Mawd and Thomas Walsh’
        • Chapter Two 'The birth of Joe Walsh'
        • Chapter Three 'Marriage breakup and betrayal'
        • Chapter Four: ' The Walsh family breakup'
        • Chapter Five : ' Liverpool Lodgings'
        • Chapter Six: ' Settled times are established and tested'
        • Chapter Seven : 'Haworth is heaven is a place on earth'
        • Chapter Eight: 'Coming out'
        • Chapter Nine: Portlaw revenge
        • Chapter Ten: ' The murder trial of Paddy Groggy'
        • Chapter Eleven: 'New beginnings'
      • The Woman Who Hated Christmas >
        • Chapter One: 'The Christmas Enigma'
        • Chapter Two: ' The Breakup of Beth's Family''
        • Chapter Three: From Teenager to Adulthood.'
        • Chapter Four: 'The Mills of West Yorkshire.'
        • Chapter Five: 'Harrison Garner Showdown.'
        • Chapter Six : 'The Christmas Dance'
        • Chapter Seven : 'The ballot for Shop Steward.'
        • Chapter Eight: ' Leaving the Mill'
        • Chapter Ten: ' Beth buries her Ghosts'
        • Chapter Eleven: Beth and Dermot start off married life in Galway.
        • Chapter Twelve: The Twin Tragedy of Christmas, 1992.'
        • Chapter Thirteen: 'The Christmas star returns'
        • Chapter Fourteen: ' Beth's future in Portlaw'
      • The Last Dance >
        • Chapter One - ‘Nancy Swales becomes the Widow Swales’
        • Chapter Two ‘The secret night life of Widow Swales’
        • Chapter Three ‘Meeting Richard again’
        • Chapter Four ‘Clancy’s Ballroom: March 1961’
        • Chapter Five ‘The All Ireland Dancing Rounds’
        • Chapter Six ‘James Mountford’
        • Chapter Seven ‘The All Ireland Ballroom Latin American Dance Final.’
        • Chapter Eight ‘The Final Arrives’
        • Chapter Nine: 'Beth in Manchester.'
      • 'Two Sisters' >
        • Chapter One
        • Chapter Two
        • Chapter Three
        • Chapter Four
        • Chapter Five
        • Chapter Six
        • Chapter Seven
        • Chapter Eight
        • Chapter Nine
        • Chapter Ten
        • Chapter Eleven
        • Chapter Twelve
        • Chapter Thirteen
        • Chapter Fourteen
        • Chapter Fifteen
        • Chapter Sixteen
        • Chapter Seventeen
      • Fourteen Days >
        • Chapter One
        • Chapter Two
        • Chapter Three
        • Chapter Four
        • Chapter Five
        • Chapter Six
        • Chapter Seven
        • Chapter Eight
        • Chapter Nine
        • Chapter Ten
        • Chapter Eleven
        • Chapter Twelve
        • Chapter Thirteen
        • Chapter Fourteen
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        • Chapter One
        • Chapter Two
        • Chapter Three
        • Chapter Four
        • Chapter Five
        • Chapter Six
        • Chapter Seven
        • Chapter Eight
        • Chapter Nine
        • Chapter Ten
        • Chapter Eleven
        • Chapter Twelve
        • Chapter Thirteen
        • Chapter Fourteen
        • Chapter Fifteen
        • Chapter Sixteen
        • Chapter Seventeen
        • Chapter Eighteen
        • Chapter Nineteen
        • Chapter Twenty
        • Chapter Twenty-One
        • Chapter Twenty-Two
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November 30th, 2013.

30/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"However good a person we think ourselves to be, there are alas occasions when we all fall short of the mark and fail to measure up to our image in the eyes of others.

When one has a close friend, the most natural thing in the world is to protect them and safeguard their reputation. That is why one is less inclined to believe any allegation that is made against a friend that besmirches their character, but is more likely to believe a similar allegation against someone whom they dislike, even though it besmirches their character also. 

It is right to stand firmly alongside friends and family and to offer them your support in all circumstances, but is wrong to condone something they have done wrong. We need to remember that we are all human and that even people who invariably behave good at most times sometimes do bad things and people who more often than not do bad things, are also capable of behaving better and occasionally do good things. 

I once recall, being the only independent witness to an incident when I was a mill manager in my late 20's. My friend, John, who was one of the nicest and one of the most popular people one could meet was in an altercation with another shift worker called Joe. Joe had a reputation for being a nasty piece of work and would frequently be malicious and cruel in his comments and dealings with others. When the rest of the work force heard about the altercation between the two men, almost every man present instantly placed Joe at fault and blamed him for the ruckus. For whatever reason unknown to me, John allowed Joe to carry the blame and to the best of my knowledge, he never admitted his fault to any of his work mates.
 

It was at that moment that I was reminded of what my mother had told me after I'd once caught her swearing when she didn't know that I was present and later challenged her for her unladylike and ungodly language. She smilingly replied as though she knew that I'd been eves-dropping all the time, 'That is today's lesson, Billy : even 'good' people sometimes do 'bad' things.'" William Forde: November 30th, 2013.

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November 29th, 2013

29/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Would you ask a lady for a dance without seeing her face? Would you be happy to simply follow your instincts and have that blind date? We come across love so often in our lives and sadly never see it or choose to dance with it. Often, the following of one's instincts is well rewarded; particularly where affairs of the heart are concerned.

On the 15th, December 2010, I came across to Haworth to meet Sheila for the very first time. We had a coffee and a chat in Gascoignes at the top of Main Street. To tell the truth, while not finding her instantly attractive of face, as she then wore her hair short and it looked too severe, there was definitely a beautiful person within her that drew me closer to her. Within a few more meetings, it was as plain as a pikestaff that we were soul mates, that we loved each other and had been destined to both meet and marry.

Over the next two years, as my good looks faded and my weight increased, Sheila's physical attractiveness grew and started to express itself more and more as her boundless beauty spread from within to rest upon her gentle face. I have always had an eye for art and particularly a good-looking woman and when I placed both images of my favourite ladies side-by-side, I then knew that my true love was more beautiful to behold than the Mona Lisa. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that by comparison, my Sheila makes Leonardo's  model look no more than a plain Jane up north for the day from Watford Gap. 


We married on my 70th birthday, on 10/11/12. Today is Sheila's 57th birthday and I swear she is more beautiful today than she looked when we first met. I love you lass. Have a very happy birthday, Bill xxx" William Forde: November 29th,2013.

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November 28th, 2013

28/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Love is that most elusive of emotions that can't be kept within oneself to the exclusion of all others or lived without. When God made the universe, He first  created a galaxy of gentle love and filled it with stars and satelites to light up the world. Next, He made the heavens and earth, sky, land and sea and filled it with all the creatures that lived within. He then provided all manner of trees, foliage and vegetation to feed his creatures of land, sea and air. Only  after he'd done all this, did He make his most beautiful creation of all; you. The Lord made you and filled you with his love. You are the living embodiment of God's love and your prime purpose on this earth is to to give your love to others.

God created you. He put you inside his world and then he set it spinning in perfect motion on an axis of love. It is through  the rotation of this love as expressed by one person exchanging love with another that the world keeps turning in perfect harmony. Love truly makes the world go round. God knows it! Pooh knows it! Isn't it time two thousand years down the line since we were given His message that we all knew it!" William Forde: November 28th, 2013.

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November 27th, 2013

27/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Tread carefully lest you trample my feelings underfoot as you walk through the fragile moments of my former life. When you come into my world and step alongside me, do not walk in the darkest of my footprints that lay buried in my past, lest you disturb the dust too much and cloud our future by the accidental opening of old burial grounds of pain and suffering. Instead, tip toe gently through my gradual disclosures and think upon them hard before the issuing of any unjust reprimand, for in thee I have found true love anew and the promise of better days to come." William Forde : November 27th, 2013.

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November 26th, 2013

26/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Finding true love and happiness in one's life means more treasure for the lucky finder to behold than any lottery win or work of art could ever bring. It is rarer than finding an oasis in a desert, the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Lord Lucan's whereabouts, the hole in a miser's pocket or a moon made of green cheese!

Keeping true love is only made possible if both people in love remain true to themselves as well as to each other in all that they think, say and do. Sadly however, the loss of true love is too frequent an act committed by the emotionally insane, the romantic idealist and the fragile person with life of repeated regret.


The emotionally insane are those illusionists of life who express extreme feelings which are grossly disproportionate to the gravity or the mundaneness of their experience. They know no 'in between' and they either love or hate you.

The romantic idealist believe that all life and interaction together will be 'luvy duvy' and that somehow their perfect love nest will forever remain unruffled by the coarseness of disagreement which invariably comes with the storms and vicissitudes of married life.

The fragile person with a lifetime of regrets is only going to take their 'I regret........ attitude' out of one broken relationship and into another that is doomed to be temporary also. Indeed, the only permanency they are ever likely to know is of their own regret.


So whilst I know what true love isn't, I don't know for certain what it is.  I suspect it is indefinable in human terms and common language, but I bet the angels who acquire it know!" William Forde: November 26th, 2013.

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November 25th, 2013

25/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"It is ironic that in this world of 2013, where civilisation is put forward as the distinction between the barbaric and the ideal, that sheer opulence and abject poverty are allowed to co-exist in order to maintain the economic status-quo where 'capitalism' rules all. 



In short, it is in the interest  for the capitalist economic system of the western hemisphere that in order to seek a life of plenty for their peoples that they continue to operate a global economy that maintains the continuing poverty-gap with the eastern poor. It isn't the man and woman in the street that either desires or seeks it so, but their governments of the day.


What a obscene situation to know that the opulence of one rich household who uses its money to purchase parallel sliding stairs to save the energy of their overfed offspring, and to provide a television for mum so that she can watch her soap in the bathroom and complete her ablutions in a cubical with gold taps, could feed an entire African or Indian village of 200 people for one year!" William Forde : November 25th, 2013.




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November 24th, 2013

24/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Do not ever allow yourself to be disrespected. Learn to walk away. Each time you move away from any disrespectful situation that you are part of, you not only take your self respect with you, but you also take the respect of others more." William Forde: November 24th, 2013.

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November 23rd, 2013

24/11/2013

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Thought for today;
"There is much pleasure to taste once one finds oneself 'at peace with the world.' Peace arrives when one becomes reconciled with days passed, happy with the present day and hopeful for tomorrow. For in the uncertainty of not knowing what will happen, where, how and when, comes the realisation and acceptance of  the certainty that it will surely happen and usually when you least expect it. So take heart and never take advantage of creatures of less size or stature than oneself and you will forever walk tall in the eyes of others." William Forde: November 23rd, 2013.

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November 22nd, 2013

22/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Curiosity is said to have killed the cat, done for the rat and roused the mouse to new acts of sheer bravery. Any creature who possesses the capacity to find a beautiful growth in barren ground is most certainly a creature to be reckoned with, for it is from within the cracks of mankind's wildest imagination that dreams can be found; dreams forged into a reality that will propel the universe into fresh flower." William Forde: November 22nd, 2013.

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November 21st, 2013

21/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Check this out, mate. It is a hard lesson of life to discover that one is no Canute and when it comes to turning the tide of large events and that one is just as helpless as the next chap in the bus queue.

If I could turn back the tide, what would I chose to delay, halt or change?

For a start, I'd most certainly delay the onset of old age and all of its attendant losses from which one once derived great pleasure and immense satisfaction, but which now remains on the menu, yet is rarely tasted. I would most certainly halt the increasing likelihood of forgetting the names of important things, events and people, for though I don't have Alzheimers I sometimes fear I might develop it as my memory tends to fail me more often. I would most certainly change some past decisions I made like smoking my first cigarette, getting married before I was 50, once turning down tickets to see a Beetle's Concert in America in the belief that I'd see them anyway when I returned to England, but never did, along with making a greater financial effort to visit 'The Great Wall of China' while my legs were strong enough to climb its steps. I would most certainly wish that I hadn't said 'No' when I meant 'Yes', 'Yes' when I should have said 'No' and 'Maybe' far more often!

Finally, were I able to turn back the tide of history, I'd restore the Emerald land of my birth to a non-partitioned state of Home Rule and I would hang a picture in the 'Hall of Shame' of every British politician who initially engineered us into joining the Common Market all those years ago upon a huge deceit along with every single one of them who has lied to keep us in Europe ever since! " William Forde: November 21st, 2013.

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November 20th, 2013

20/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"The splendour and force of nature upon our senses is so breathtaking to behold that no big bang alone could ever have created such perfect symmetry. Let us marvel at such beauty as is seen in the vibrant colour of a tropical bird or the delight that flutters from the little hands of a fascinated child exploring their environment. Let us rejoice at the sheer magic and delicate nature of a fluttering butterfly to fill a child's body with such a sense of awesome wonder?" William Forde : November 20th, 2013.

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November 19th, 2013

19/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Take heart my darling. I'll still be here for you when your fur fades and long after the leaves from the tree have fallen and all your nuts have gone." William Forde: November 19th, 2013.

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November 18th, 2013

18/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"As we prepare for months of coldness and early dark, let us reflect upon the the time to come next year when the earth and its seasons are reborn with fresh vigour.


Oh silence of heavenly morn, shine down upon all the natural goodness of the land below and bring the farmer's harvest to full fruition. Wake up his barley and wheat with the warning of the thresher's blade in the distance as it approaches to cut off their heads and extract the oils from their sunflower stem. And when the day is done let us retreat in unison as earth's flock. Let birds fly to quieter fields, let rabbits and field mice go into burrowed hiding once more as the farmer's machinery splutters back into silence, and let sleepy heads of children on pillows peacefully lie as the sun sets across the valley until the rise of another dawn." William Forde: November 18th, 2013.

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November 17th, 2013

17/11/2013

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Thought for today:
 "Just as there is a beauty to be found in all human condition, then so it is with weather also. Today, we are artificially protected and insulated as we step a few feet from our doorstep into our car and vice versa in the negotiation of our daily lives. If the temperature is too cold on the outside, we simply boost the air conditioner and increase the heat on the inside, and if too hot, we may open a window, ventilator or put on a fan extractor. Whatever the weather and climatic condition outside our car, we compensate through all our modern-day gadgetry to prevent it touching our lives as we drive and are conveyed from one place to the next. We are constantly engaged in the process of living a lie.
 
I may be an odd ball in the eyes of many, but one of the things I love about this country is its varied seasons throughout the year. When it snows, I want to feel its soft coldness on my cheeks and see it melt into the ground. When the sun shines, I want to safely catch it and let it permeate through the pores of my skin until it touches my very soul. When the wind blows, I want to fly with it on its travels through lanes and byways and marvel at the gentleness of its breezy passage. When the sky opens its heavens in a torrential shower, I want to feel those tears of heaven expressed, bless my body below. In short, I want to live for and within the seasons and not outside or without them, for I'd rather live in a world of wealthy sensations of touch, taste, warm glow and mixed feelings than the sterile conditions of comfortable modernity and seasonal sameness. " William Forde: November 17th, 2013.
 



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November 16th, 2013

16/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Only the brave explore the world around them while the timid remain glued to the safety of familiarity and risk aversion. The grumpy stay on their doorstep forever more and the haughty do not want to forfeit their privileged station in life and therefore dare not stray from the safety of their home comforts. Only the wild spirit of the unbridled stallion has the courage to risk its life in order to cross dangerous river currents to reach the grassier banks where it can continue to roam freely. All life is risk, all risk is potentially life enhancing and the absence of risk itself is death." William Forde : November 16th, 2013.

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November 15th, 2013

15/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"If you want to go out  before I've woken up properly then go without me. See if I care, but you won't like what you find when you come back to the tidy house you left me in, and you'd better stock up on your disposable nappies 'cos it feels like it could be a shitty day to me!" William Forde: November 15th, 2013.

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November 14th, 2013

14/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Here sits the fore-runner to mankind I understand. So there's been no change to write home about there then, I reckon? Hang on a minute, perhaps I'm doing us chaps a gross injustice. Come to think of it, only females cross their legs as they read the morning newspaper, don't they?" William Forde November 14th, 2013

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November 13th, 2013

13/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"The steps of life are but one small walk of experience for mankind. How blessed a man and woman are if they can travel the journey from youth to death with the same partner by their side. How rare it must be to know that your first love was so enduring that it was also your last. It makes the final sleep side-by-side so normal as the matrimonial bed moves from above to beneath the ground. " William Forde: November 13th,2013.

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November 12th, 2013

12/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"While I am in no way advocating the Chinese way of hot-housing education, i have to admit that the teachers eventually seem to get the respect and results they strive for from their pupils. 


Is it any wonder that the Chinese pupils in our universities prove to be better students of learning and achieve higher levels of degree passes than British university entrants. I don't know how such discipline is imposed in China on their pupils at elementary level, but I'd bet a British pound to a Chinese penny (I guess that's the approximate exchange rate at the moment), that the teachers in China brook no back-chat and know how to stamp out rebellion before it takes root! 

I am led to believe that a rigid discipline regime is operated to 'shame' their pupils into submission as students and drive them into success as adult business moguls. When the head of a large Chinese business empire fails, he doesn't receive a great fat bonus and golden-hands pay off from the dividend holders. No, like the Japanese who also operate on 'shame verses performance' principle, he will more likely cry and apologise to his shareholders in front of the nation's television cameras for having committed the ultimate shame of 'failure itself,' before vanishing into oblivion, where neither society nor any member of their extended family are ever likely to clap eyes on them again in public. " 

Need we wonder that in the world of educational standards and business growth why Great Britain is no longer a first division player and indeed languishes at the bottom of the league? Perhaps, if as a nation, we start being ashamed of failure again instead of embracing it as a universal birthright to be experienced, accepted and endured willingly whenever it occurs, perhaps then we may start to count in the world once more. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves for having exported our values and devalued our image of self-worth and Britishness since the 1950's." William Forde: November 12th, 2013.  

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November 11th, 2013.

11/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Remembrance Day is observed today to recall the end of hostilities of World War I. Hostilities formally ended 'at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918.' We remember our dead from all past wars on this day. While many soldiers never returned from the battle ground, leaving countless widows and children to mourn them from foreign fields, there were also those 'forgotten women' who had planned to marry their man after the war, but because he died in battle, their marriage and future plans never materialised. I wrote a poem about this entitled, 'Arthur and Guinevere' which is freely accessed by clicking on the link.  We shall not forget them!" William Forde: November 11th, 2013. http://www.fordefables.co.uk/arthur--guinevere.html

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November 10th, 2013.

10/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Today, is a double celebration for me. One year ago, I married the love of my life, Sheila at 'West Lane Baptist Chapel' in Haworth. I am glad to report that she looks as beautiful now as she did then, albeit a few pounds heavier, I suspect. Today is also my 71st birthday. Had anyone told me in my youth that the happiest year of my life would be my 70th, I would never have believed them.


I must confess, that I originally thought that getting married on my birthday last year was a good move on my part. Not only does it enable me never to commit that cardinal sin of ever forgetting our wedding anniversary, but if I play my cards right, I shall remain entitled to two separate presents on this day for the rest of my life and poor, little Sheila will have only the entitlement of one. However, knowing Sheila to be no mug when it comes to good house budgeting, it looks like I can now look forward to presents which normally come in 'pairs' that will enable her to give me one for my birthday and its partner for my wedding anniversary, like socks, gloves, footwear, cuff links etc.etc. Handkerchiefs will be quite easy for her to deal with, but I haven't quite figured out yet how she will get round the problem of  a pair of underpants without cutting me down to size? Those who would like to see Graham's Smith's (Of Bronte Media), marvellous production of our wedding day photos, need simply click on the link here." William Forde: November 10th, 2013.http://www.fordefables.co.uk/my-wedding.html

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November 9th, 2013.

9/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"I have a friend that means more than all the world to me; a friend who I will never leave or see wanting. Some folk might look at us and find the sight peculiar, but none of that matters one jot to us because we understand each other's ways and needs, and that is all we require to relate. I love my pet friend and I know that I am loved unconditionally in return." William Forde: November 9th, 2012. 

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November 8th, 2013

8/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"As any wise parent or guardian knows, that which comes to one too easily is as likely to go away as quickly. Parents of over 50 years in age intrinsically know that what isn't earned and sweated for is rarely valued to its proper extent. Therefore, as the guardians of their electorate, why have our politicians enacted law after law for over 20 years which has penalised the regular worker and tax payer while rewarding at a higher and grossly disproportionate rate, those (who for legitimate and illegitimate reason), no longer go out to work or pay taxes on earned income? Why is spending above one's income to be welcomed by the treasury while saving is no longer positively encouraged? Any good guardian is only too willing to give their charges a helping hand at times of need, but all good guardians also know the difference between a 'hand up' and a 'hand out.' The difference is that a 'hand up' promotes growth and a 'hand out' stunts it! " William Forde: November 8th, 2013.

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November 7th, 2013.

7/11/2013

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Thought for today:
"Let us make a promise to each other here and now to do three things with our lives when we grow up. First we will teach the grown ups to stop pretending to be young by chewing gum and sticking it beneath the table when they think no one is looking. Second, we will learn to fart quietly like ladies do without giving the game away by giggling. Last, but not least, we will never let any male come between us. He will either take all three of us to wherever he wants to take us, whether it be the back row at the pictures or behind the bicycle shed, or none of us! All for one and one for all, sisters!" William Forde: November 7th, 2013.

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November 6th, 2013

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Thought for today:
"Do not question the age of true wisdom for it is there to guide all those who search for purpose and meaning. Observe the gentle and considerate hands of an aged person as they enfold a child in close affection. They grab not their little hands and yell 'Coochy, coochy, coochy' loudly in their little ears as they place their monster smile mere inches from their small faces. They know that to do such things would simply scare and hurt the child unnecessarily and make them cry.

Instead, the wisdom of age enables the child to do the grabbing, albeit fingers, spectacles or hair. The child quickly learns the true importance of human warmth and touch and stores such magical sensory experiences inside their memory bank for future use. The most important lesson that the wisdom of age teaches the young is the tremendous importance of 'holding out a gentle hand'. They teach that to hold out one's hand in true friendship instead of forcing ones attention and human resources upon an unwilling recipient, is to invite true friendship in return." William Forde: November 6th, 2013.

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