Oublier : To Forget

Ooops. The trap was set a looooong time ago :o) Welcome to the Oubliette! The 9th Circle of Hell. Reserved for those who commit TREACHERY & BETRAYAL. IT means NOTHING to me. Aaah. Vienna. Go away Midge!!!

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Brick by Brick

Watching these kind of programmes fascinate me in so many ways. This Mystery 15th Century House that was dismantled brick by brick is an enigma. I’ve never been to Pembrokeshire but know a little about it through my research into the Ravens of Dinefwr. Nest ferch Rhys was the older sister of Gruffydd and Hywel. […]

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Frederick Bligh Bond

Bligh Bond Scrubbing the kitchen floor has aggravated an old shoulder injury so I’m back to the tippytappy computer with two fingers. More Numbers. More Ibuprofen. Less Confusion :o) P.S. There are so many places in the UK that I want to visit. GLASTONBURY is in my Top 3. From this historian’s POV I have […]

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YOU GO, GIRL…Woohoo!

There is no way on this God’s Earth that anyone outside of my nearest and dearest will be told WHY Me, Myself, I REFUSE to wear a mask. That is MY PRIVATE BUSINESS. I don’t know who she is but this lady has my TOTAL respect. Unlike the dickless policeman who refused to reveal HIS […]

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NARC = Now A Rancid Con-troller

Really? I once called this man the brightest light in the firmament. Here. On MY website. He calls me EVIL and has now gone so far down the EGO/NARC path that he is disrespecting a fellow FlatEarther who – just like Mr L – was trashed from yt and came back. Once upon a time […]

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Muirchertach Ua Briain vs Modern Urbex

I’m nothing special. But I know how to research history. Cashel is connected to Muirchertach Ua Briain and therefore Magnus Barelegs/Norway/Wales/Dinefwr and the Ravens of Ravens of Dinefwr. I pulled ALL of my original research sources for this (MY) novel in progress…in progress…still in progress from this website. Why? Because about 10 years ago I […]

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The Man in the Iron Mask

O Giddy Aunt. This is my favourite love to hate story. If you read the original by Dumas or the multiple “mystery solved” books or even watch the film below ….. ….No. I retract watch the film below. Apart from watching the brilliant comedies of Irons, Malkovich, Depardieu, Byrne and Hugh Laurie, this film is […]

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“Come Ben” : A Short Lesson in Scottish Greetings

What do you do if you go to the Highlands of Scotland and get greeted with “Come Ben?” Well. You say, “Thank you.” And then walk into their home. But why “ben” and not “in?” It’s all to do with the architecture of the Butt and the Ben. In Ye Olden Days, the butt was […]

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Toc H

“To all you old buggers, like me, out there, what are your memories of the Toc H? I remember it as being an addition to the NAAFI. They used to go round in old vans dishing out tea and butties on ranges and on the outskirts of camp.“ When you’d been up since before dawn […]

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I ASked For a Sign : And Got IT. Full Force

Let’s go back to the beginning? HE SAID : SHE SAID : I, I got a new life, you would hardly recognize me, I’m so gladHow can a person like me care for you?I, why do I bother, when you’re not the one for me?Oo-hoo-hoo-oo-ooIs enough enough? I saw the sign and it opened up […]

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BISMILLAH

Freddie is BACK :o) I have worked – In Real Life – with Parsi peeps. If you look into Freddie, you will find that his parents were Parsi. Forget the BS MS History, eh? Bismillah (Arabic: بسم الله‎) is a phrase in Arabic meaning “in the name of God”, it is also the first word in the Qur’an, […]

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