Category Archives: Health

My Liver and Me

I give my liver hell But it forgives me once again My life is drinking (Chris)

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A Carnivore Reminisces

“Herds of cattle had been driven into him by the immensity of his appetite, porkers by the score had trotted obediantly between his teeth.” David Hughes The Pork Butcher (Chris)

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A Dialect Now Seldom Heard

I dun’t bleedin ‘adam n eve it’ (believe it) Mr ‘truble- n- strife’ (Wife) Recons anuver ‘saucepan lid’s’ on the way (Kid) Always appens when I as a few ‘elephants ears’ (beers) It’s bang ‘Alan Boarder’ (out of order) It … Continue reading →

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Millfields Road Cleaning Depot.

It is a large complex set of buildings on Millfields Road Clapton Park in Hackney, (London) the site was tucked between the power station on the bend of the river and Clapton Dog track. I first went there in 1963 to investigate an … Continue reading →

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Ebola, Malaria and TB*: Competing Horrors

At the time of writing, (November 2014) ebola is still an incurable disease causing fewer than 6,000 deaths from about 14,000 infections. It is a gruesome disease. Potentially, but not certainly, it may mutate into a mega-disease. Mega-diseases, such as … Continue reading →

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