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What’s going on ear then…

12:47am Thursday 1st December 2011

You know what Cockfield folk are like for a bit of banter, if they can have a go at you, they will and it’s even more frustrating when they make you laugh along with them at your own expense!

Jack and Dot and Fred and Dave!

11:08pm Friday 25th November 2011

Bumped into Jackie Marr last week and she was telling me about her mother’s nasty fall. A lot of Cockfield folk will remember Dorothy Darnell and her husband Jack from their time in the Middle House during the eighties and nineties.

‘Harlequins’ at The Black Horse…

8:32pm Wednesday 23rd November 2011

It’s not often I write about places outside of Cockfield, unless of course, there’s a village connection but, seeing as there’s a distinct lack of eating places here, I thought I’d mention a bit of a gem I’ve found down the road at Ingleton.

Cockfield to Australia and back… part 4. By Viv Longstaff.

2:17pm Monday 21st November 2011

Well, my Australian holiday is over and on reflection it has truly been a holiday of a lifetime thanks to Caroline and Simon Rawson, who have opened up their home to me and made me feel like a member of the family.

Cockfield to Australia and back… Part 3. By Viv Longstaff.

2:44pm Saturday 19th November 2011

Caroline and Simon came to Australia for good in 1994 and settled on the coast of New South Wales between Sydney and Newcastle.

Cockfield to Australia and back... Part 2. By Viv Longstaff.

11:03am Sunday 13th November 2011

Standing on top of Sydney Harbour Bridge, yes we climbed right to the top, Caroline told me that when she emigrated to Australia in 1980, the bridge and harbour were the first sights of Australia she had from the aeroplane window and she fell in love with Sydney immediately and that love affair has never ended.

Cockfield to Australia and back again... Part 1. By Viv Longstaff.

6:28pm Saturday 5th November 2011

Just in case there is anybody out there who doesn’t know that I was going to Australia for three weeks to stay with my old friend Caroline, you do now.

A slip of the tongue…

7:38pm Wednesday 2nd November 2011

The temperature in Cyprus this time of year is in the high 20’s but my first day there with Mrs Blog was positively frosty.

The holidays are over…

2:48pm Monday 31st October 2011

Having spent most of October on holiday it was back to work this week and, of course, back to the blogs.

The Vault…

5:04pm Monday 3rd October 2011

I know I said I was ‘Blogging off’ for the month of October but I’ve borrowed a lap-top to let readers know of an exciting new shop that’s just opened in Barnard Castle by non other than popular Cockfield lad Phillip Teesdale.