Author Archives: odeboyz

View from a Tower Block ‘village’ on the edge of London

Posted on September 5, 2017 by odeboyz

This photograph is taken from one of three council owned tower blocks built next to Harrow Lodge Park, Hornchurch. The photograph looks westward towards the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf Such a pretty little ‘village’, of just over two hundred flats, … Continue reading →

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British Social Care and Home Ownership

Posted on September 1, 2017 by odeboyz

The British family home has iconic status. Home ownership is longed-for and anyone not owning a house is silently thought of as, in some way, second class. Parents often give large amounts of cash to their adult children for deposits, … Continue reading →

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Himalayan Health Centre

Posted on September 1, 2017 by odeboyz

Ray H.

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Leonard Cohen for Nobel Prize 2018

Posted on August 29, 2017 by odeboyz

For the full song-poem go to:- https://www.bing.com/search?q=lyrics+democracy+cohen&form=EDNTHT&mkt=en-gb&httpsmsn=1&refig=49c15a204c42494ec1f5716a010f739b&pq=lyrics+%27democracy&sc=4-17&sp=2&qs=SC&sk=SC1 Chris

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David Davis on Brexit

Posted on August 29, 2017 by odeboyz

“Do you want to believe the evidence of your own eyes, or do you want to believe me?” Groucho Marx

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A pre-natal class

Posted on August 25, 2017 by odeboyz

The room was full of pregnant women with their husbands. “Gentlemen remember you’re in this together. It wont hurt you to go walking with your wife. In fact the shared experience is good for both of you.” The room suddenly … Continue reading →

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How a ‘tyrant’ did me a favour

Posted on August 25, 2017 by odeboyz

Having completed my five year apprenticeship I decided that travelling all over the country wasn’t for me. Building sites from Scotland to the West Country usually with some grim digs that I had to find for myself all added up … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Paul McGrath~ Back from the brink: The Autobiography (2006)

Posted on August 22, 2017 by odeboyz

Paul McGrath’s autobiography is a must read. It’s honest, brutally honest and oh-my-god honest. McGrath was brought up in a children’s home where discipline was ‘robust’. As a black boy, in racist Catholic Ireland, McGrath suffered tremendously. His natural athleticism … Continue reading →

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The Defunct Prime Minister

Posted on August 21, 2017 by odeboyz

The political sharks, are circulating They won’t hesitate; They taste, defeat A weakened mortal morsel, Is now just – faded bait. Does she wait in anticipation For the fatal stab in the back Will she jump before, the push, or … Continue reading →

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Rudolf Hess, Rolf Harris and humanitarian sentencing

Posted on August 19, 2017 by odeboyz

“There is to my mind no justification for keeping Hess in prison any longer. He is 88. He has been in prison for 40 years. He has been without the company of other prisoners for over 16 years. Humanitarian reasons … Continue reading →

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