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The Ministry
((Archive picture, 33 things you only know if you’ve worked at ‘the Ministry’ for HMRC in Longbenton, ChronicleLive.)) The campus in this photograph became the main offices for a British government ministry in 1948. You could be forgiven for wondering if it was a prisoner-of-war camp, repurposed as The Ministry of Truth, The Ministry of…… Continue reading The Ministry
Kippers for Breakfast
Craster smokehouse, Northumberland, UK. September 2014. A kipper is a whole herring, a small, oily fish, that has been split in a butterfly fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold-smoked over smoldering woodchips (typically oak). Wikipedia. Kippers are a breakfast treat in mainly Anglo locales. I grew up…… Continue reading Kippers for Breakfast
Jesmond Dene
Walked with friends through Jesmond Dene, my home town.
My Home Town
Walked around my home town, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Planning a Hadrian’s Wall Hike
Planned a coast-to-coast hike across a narrow part of England, following Hadrian’s Wall.
Newton Arms
Walked to what was the local pub when I was a kid, the only building in the neighborhood with much character. Enjoyed a 20 fluid ounce pint.
Last Time It Went Up in Flames
Dined at the New New Bengal, Newcastle upon Tyne. We had to change dinner plans a few years ago the night the New Bengal went up in flames.
Millionaire’s Shortbread
Taunted Dwight at work in Minneapolis with a photo of my elevenses in Newcastle: millionaire’s shortbread. Chocolate, caramel, shortbread.
My Childhood Stomping Ground
Now in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, my childhood stomping ground.