The mention of Charlton reminds me of the worst match I ever saw at the Valley in March 1952. Charlton played Manchester City and it was a bright windy day with a bone-hard pitch bereft of grass. The… (View Post)

i don't know whose picture that is but it isn't me. I know several people as old and even older than I am so don't understand the apparent feeling of surprise. It may be your turn one day. (View Post)

I assume you mean William Roache who plays him, I looked him up and he was born almost exactly two months before me. I see he was an officer in the Army. I was in the RAF for my NS and didn't reach t… (View Post)

I am surprised that you are surprised. Having a PC enables me to keep up with things I am interested in and I keep in touch with several contemporaries by E-mail. I don't intend to go into a shell un… (View Post)

When I passed for the RGS in 1943 I had a scholarship but my parents were expected to pay £5 a term, That finished when the 1944 Education Act came in. I still have the prospectus and the paperwork i… (View Post)