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Category Archives: Exeter University
Crossing the Ruby-con
My friends Dave and Mary Alexander celebrate their ruby wedding anniversary, the first of my contemporaries to reach this milestone. Continue reading
Posted in Exeter University, walking
Tagged 40th wedding anniversary, Broadclyst, Exeter University, ruby wedding
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Wanted: an all-round aide
Forty years ago today I started my first proper job, as secretary and all-round aide to author Charles Owen. Continue reading
Posted in Dartmoor, Devon, Exeter University, Memories
Tagged author, Charles Owen, Dartmoor, Devon American Fortnight, Exeter, festival
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Last time round
Last time we had a referendum on Europe I seemed to be in blissful ignorance. Continue reading
The shock of my life
‘You gotta do ’em over,’ said my dad, shaking his head sorrowfully. That was 40 years ago today: 6 July 1974. I can hear him now, with his soft American voice, uttering words which I was not expecting to hear. … Continue reading
My forty-year friend
It was 40 years ago today (6 October) that I went on my first field trip from Exeter University. And 40 years since I met Hil Marshall (then Scott). My main reason for going to Exeter was because it was … Continue reading
Posted in Dartmoor, Exeter University, National parks, People
Tagged Dartmoor, national parks
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