“…but how are we going to fit it in the front room?…”
The last day of the Screen on the Green.
“…but how are we going to fit it in the front room?…”

The last day of the Screen on the Green.
A busy Beckenham Green – lovely (Click on the image to see it in detail)

Wild flowers in the moat at Southsea castle

Waiting at the barbers. Beckenham High Street.

Pompey, Gosport and the Isle of Wight viewed from Portsdown Hill

Armed Forces Day Parade at the Navy Museum

Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth.

Three trees in Beckenham Rec.

Some unwelcome additions to Regal Alley just off the High Street.

I bumped into Jona (a past neighbour) while getting the Sunday papers and had a nice catch up.

A busy morning on the Solent for craft of all sizes.

Camber Dock, Old Portsmouth

Scott and Emma’s Wedding

A rather cluttered looking High Street today.

The now unloved Christian Meeting Hall, Rectory Road, Beckenham

Under the staircase

Two things put my dad in mind today: firstly it is the third anniversary of his death aged 88, and secondly the Trooping of the Colour took place.

It happened to be the Grenadier Guards turn to troop their Colour and that was dad’s regiment for seven years between 1945 and 1952.
I spend many years as a boy watching this spectacle with him and hearing stories of his exploits both at home and in places as far flung and Italy, Malaya, Egypt and Palestine.
Who doesn’t love hearing the stories of their parents when they were young?
The rain makes today one for administration/paperwork (and looking out of the window a lot)

Veterans of D Day travel to Normandy on the MV Mont Saint Michel

St George’s Churchyard
