This week’s theme for Song Lyric Sunday is ‘toys’. I’m sorry to say that nothing sprang immediately to mind, so I resorted to the interweb where, of course, there are lists – and lists and lists – of relevant songs. I headed straight for the historical equivalent of my comfort zone and found this from…
Lucky guy that I am – in so many ways – I must have received many gifts in my life that would generally be considered as memorable. However, I have an abiding memory of one Christmas when I was about seven or eight years old. I can’t even remember for sure if I still believed…
Bloganuary Day 4 – hanging in there What was your favourite toy as a child? Although I was obviously too young to remember, apparently my favourite toy when I was just a baby was a teddy bear called ‘Growly’*, so named because if you squeezed his belly he….well, growled. At least he did until I…
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