Keith Dersley5 days ago2 minChats in the Time of Covid, #5No 6:30 walk this morning. Breakfast in bed. Stayed there listening to a podcast about Billy the Kid, then one about the Royals. I’ve got more unsolicited en...
Keith DersleyMay 212 minChats in the Time of Covid, #4Over the last three years or so I’ve been wary of bus rides because I’d had some bouts of flu that hung around for a couple of months. I didn’t want another ...
Keith DersleyMay 141 min3 Squibs for Delectating inThought I would try a few pieces of poesy for this blog post, see how they go. After that, who knows? You like 'em? * * * * * * BURSARY the paper had an arti...
Keith DersleyMay 82 minChats in the Time of Covid, #3What about the ‘act’ in the time of Covid? Plenty of time to practise and strum the gee-tar, but by the time we can go back to the Leisure Centre and a recep...
Keith DersleyMay 42 minChats in the Time of Covid, #2Put my seven favourite books on Facebook, the covers anyway, sans comment or review, in seven days as requested by Pauline Diamond. The book which I’m reread...
Keith DersleyApr 302 minChats in the Time of Covid, #1I told my daughter I would be sending along a brass key gadget that you can use to turn door handles, type on keyboards, write on screens, etc., so you don’t...
Keith DersleyApr 222 minGuest BlogThe print run was small and done with crayons: it numbered all of one.
Keith DersleyJan 312 minJust a Couple of BardsUnlike Uncle Bill, Stalky, Tango, or Piggy, our English teacher, Neil Salmon, didn't have a nickname. He was respected and liked. He used to bike to school (...
Keith DersleyJan 173 minReady Steady Go (2)‘If Rosemary shows up too, that’ll be great,’ said Tony tentatively. ‘Don’t forget, boys, the ladies can be unpredictable,’ said Teddy ‘I thought you said—’ ...
Keith DersleyJan 103 minReady Steady GoFriday night Tony had a shave and shower and reached for his jacket. ‘Ready Steady Go!’ had just finished on ITV. Gene Pitney, in a Brooks Brothers, had sung...
Keith DersleyJan 34 minChampion? Champion of What?The summer after leaving Morland Road Primary School our class was getting ready to go on to Northgate Grammar, Landseer Road, Nacton Road, or whatever the c...
Keith DersleyDec 20, 20193 minStan Hewett, part 2They had a whole gallery of people ready to take the stage of Ipswich’s #NewWolseyTheatre and pay tribute to Peter Hewett, from the humblest to the highest. ...
Keith DersleyDec 13, 20193 minGrammar School DemigodThey were holding a Memorial Service at Ipswich’s #NewWolseyTheatre for Peter Hewett, Head of English throughout the time I was a pupil at Northgate Grammar ...
Keith DersleyDec 6, 20194 minFighting the Good So-and-SoOne day not long after the encounter in which Paul Stopher’s windcheater got ripped, Rod came to me on the way home from school with a problem. 'I heard that...
Keith DersleyNov 29, 20192 minThe Wrong End of the Road, 2the same group of lads suddenly surrounded us. Taking his time, going the same way rather than following on their heels, came a thick-set f
Keith DersleyNov 22, 20193 minThe Wrong End of the RoadThey talk about swagger, and Rod had his share. That was his personal style, and no one thought the worse of him for it. ..
Keith DersleyNov 15, 20192 minMind-Game CapersHaving a couple of mates in the world of psychiatric nursing back in the 1970s, I toyed with the idea of enrolling, but couldn't get in. After an interview a...
Keith DersleyNov 8, 20193 minFour of Us Got ThroughAlong with two boys and one girl I was found eligible to attend Northgate Grammar School, amongst the 1961 intake. Ron, Dave, and I got the school bus to Sid...
Keith DersleyNov 1, 20192 minTwo Sorry SinglesBut we left school and got degrees. After the heady student days .. the world moved in on us. We all had troubles with women.
Keith DersleyOct 25, 20193 minIN AND OUT OF THE PUBPubs that fell short, including those supplying a certain local brewery’s ales, which he considered too gassy, were ignored for ever more.
