Comment on Jebal Marra: Christmas on a Volcano 1 by Hawknose Harlequin
I was later a teacher in Zalingei and first visited the town about September 1980 following a previous visit to Jebal Marra whilst my school in Kosti was on strike. Might we have met before? Do you...
View ArticleComment on Jebal Marra: Christmas on a Volcano 1 by Hawknose Harlequin
Sorry, I ought to have mentioned that I originally wrote “Christmas on a Volcano” back in around 1983, perhaps a couple of years later, and submitted it to a travel magazine, who refused it. There are...
View ArticleComment on Jebal Marra: Christmas on a Volcano 1 by James
I arrived in Zalingei in sept 1980 as an assistant English teacher as an 18 year old with Project Trust. John Kemp was the proper English teacher – though I lost touch with him. My students went on...
View ArticleComment on Liverpool – Port Said 1943: A Wartime Voyage 2; Third Day Out by...
Fascinating to see who was travelling around while a war was gong on – especially the British Council sending a book officer to Cairo and someone to Turkey to organise sport! And it’s all very amiable.
View ArticleComment on London Underground in a Day 1 by golden-sparrow
Oh wow that is a very long time on the underground! And I complain about my daily commute! haha
View ArticleComment on London Underground in a Day 1 by Hawknose Harlequin
It passed by very quickly and the Night Tube was brilliant.
View ArticleComment on Hampstead: Focus on Eating Out, 1965 by Tempusfugit
The Huntsman, Taverna Mykonos and Turpin’s look good value for money. Just checked your intro and see we are of a like mind. I remember Jack Straw’s Castle as a pub in the ’80s.
View ArticleComment on Hampstead: Focus on Eating Out, 1965 by Hawknose Harlequin
The Flask was my local.
View ArticleComment on Of Bamboo, Tonsils and Cow Pats 1 by Hawknose Harlequin
I realise now that the house is still there – it was much further down the road than I had remembered.
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