IN THE COMING weeks, with isolation for the over-70s likely, we are seeing more and more local communities coming together and people offering their services to help others in need.
Vinod, Chair of WHCA and owner of the Bright News Convenience Store in Buckingham Road, has come on board to offer a local delivery service (within walking distance of the shop) for the vulnerable, less able and isolated among us.
Orders can be made by phone with a debit/credit card; they will be picked and delivered at an agreed time, with no direct personal contact necessary. If you fall into this delivery category, do call Vinod and Meena on 01273 708100. Continue reading Bright News Community Deliveries→
I cannot say what portion is in truth
The naked recollection of that time,
And what may rather have been called to life
By after-meditation.
MY TITLE AND this quotation are from William Wordsworth’s great poem, ‘The Prelude’. His life was somewhere in my thoughts when I began to plan this article. My first inspiration came from a friend of mine. In order to deal with the problems of isolation and grief he has been writing his autobiography. I know that he would recommend this process to anyone in his situation, but he is particularly fortunate because he has had a life filled with satisfying achievements and has met many fascinating people. Continue reading There was a Boy→
DURING THE PAST year I have spent many hours exploring a great variety of music. This time has been spent with a friend who has a great library of CDs and very wide musical tastes. My knowledge and understanding has certainly improved. But anyone today could take the same journey. Why? How? Because the sheer volume and variety of music available to us all is amazing. Modern audio technology enables us to access a huge amount of contemporary music and to recover from the archives almost any music that anyone has ever recorded. It is a fantastic facility. Orsino, in Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ asked if he could have “excess of it” (music). We can have whatever style we enjoy. Continue reading If Music Be . . .→
RW BERRY & SON has been a fixture in the Dials since 1959. This is the story of how it came to be . . .
In 1959 Chris Berry, aged 13, moved from South London to Brighton into Stanford Road next to the motor garage. He attended Brighton and Hove Grammar School (now called BHASVIC) and left to pursue a career working for the National Cash Register Company, maintaining huge mechanical calculating machines (early computers) in banks around Sussex. He played guitar and did some performing locally in Brighton. At the age of 17 and 3 weeks he passed his driving test and bought an old Morris Minor van to do local transport of furniture in and around the Brighton area. There were very few people doing small transport jobs in those days so he was remarkably busy. Continue reading Part of the Furniture→
Since last year I’ve been experimenting in Clifton Street to see if I can get wild birds to fly in and brighten up the neighbourhood. Alan Titchmarsh with his ‘90s decking and paving garden TV programmes has a lot to answer for when it comes to declining eco habitats! Continue reading Tweeting around Clifton Street→
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