A Happy Find

 When I was sorting  a box full of newspaper cuttings, greetings cards and other old bits of paperwork to make room for things that really did need keeping ready for moving  I found the memory stick that Colin had put all the canal photos onto. I'd completely forgotten he'd done this. We spent several holidays between 2004 and 2012 travelling to various parts of the country where he tried to find the exact spot to take photos of canal bridges etc, comparing them to the old photos in a Francis Frith book.

I don't have the book anymore, it made me sad to see it and know what we missed, as this was one of the things he wanted to carry on with after retiring. But now, 8 years on, finding the memory stick was a lovely surprise. I've added it for safe keeping to his memory box which has all sorts of bits in it for our children and grandchildren to keep.

Things That Happened on the 9th November

 Nothing to write about here so I looked in the Chambers Book of Days and found ............

November the 9th is the 313th day of the year so only 52 days left of 2026.

In 1998 capital punishment was official abolished for all capital offences here in the UK, although it had been unused since 1964.

On 9th November 1989 it was announced that free passage through the Berlin Wall would be allowed and almost at once it started to be demolished, after keeping Berliners apart since 1961.

On 9th November 1960 John F Kennedy, at the age of 43, won the US Presidential election, becoming the youngest elected US President...although Theodore Roosevelt was a year younger when he took over as President after an assassination. 

The first television recording happened on this day in 1947 when the service from the Cenotaph was filmed and  recorded by the BBC for showing later in the evening.

In 1938 Nazi Paramilitaries and mobs in Germany and Austria began burning synagogues, vandalizing Jewish businesses and homes in what became known as Kristallnacht. 

Saturday 7th. Random Things From the Week

 More box packing has been done this week, and answering yet more questions from my buyers solicitors, questions I've already answered or don't know the answer to, it gets a bit annoying and I worry that the buyers will pull out over something.

I was out Monday to the solicitors for signing my will up date, in the same direction as going to the book sale last Saturday, roads that won't need travelling very often once I move.....if the move ever happens!

So 'mogging' is the word of the year says the Collins Dictionary, internet slang meaning 'Outshining, outclassing or dominating someone'. Never heard it and unlikely I will.

I had a much needed hair cut on Wednesday. 

The £1 roll of  'Heavy Duty' black sacks I got from the boot sale are not heavy duty as I discovered when I decided to fill one with  all the bedding from the two spare beds. They are also not very big so I need some proper large heavy duty bags for all the bedding, cushions etc....which I forgot to get when I went shopping - duh!

I picked up the Christmas food brochure from Aldi, some of the special buys look so delicious. There are two pages of veggie alternatives.

 Christmas music was playing in Asda already - oh dear.

Surprisingly no anons jumped on Wednesdays post, but there were some interesting comments on Thursday. One person  had investigated and apparently making a you tube vlog from a bath is a Thing. I didn't look at the one that was recommended and certainly not searching for more!

Friday's NYT Wordle was a weird one, luckily I got it in 6, only because I'd run out of letters to try but then had to look up what it meant - a slang word for trash it seems - another word I'm not likely to hear.

Nothing interesting happening around here this weekend as far as I know. 

Hope you have a good weekend, I'll be back Monday.