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Double entendre
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Monday 21 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike

Today marks the day when I share my annual ‘special’. Published each year on the birthday of my late wife, …
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Category: True Tales | Tags: humor, humour, life, marriage, memorial, POSTADAY, uk
Lilac, Purple, & Pink
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Wednesday 23 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike

We all travel through life, experiencing good and bad, meeting new friends, and losing track of others. Many of use …
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Category: Philosophy | Tags: bereavement, flowers, lilac, loss, love, marriage, memorial, photography, POSTADAY, turkey
Gallipoli: lifelong dedication
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Friday 24 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike

This is my second post about the one hundred year anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign of World War One. Large official centennial memorial …
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Category: Opinion | Tags: anzac, ataturk, australia, gallipoli, memorial, mustafa kemal, new zealand, photography, POSTADAY, remembrance, russell crowe, Travel, turkey, war
Gallipoli: 100 years
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Friday 24 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike

One hundred years ago, the almost 9 month Gallipoli Campaign of World War One ended. The Allied forces withdrew from the peninsula, …
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Category: Opinion | Tags: anzac, ataturk, australia, gallipoli, memorial, mustafa kemal, new zealand, photography, POSTADAY, remembrance, russell crowe, Travel, turkey, war
REBLOG: Boxing Day 2004: remembering the tsunami
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Friday 26 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike

Originally posted on Green Lizard's Blog:
On Boxing Day 2004 I was in the south of France with friends. The first we…

Category: Reblogs | Tags: 2004, asia, boxing day, memorial, remembering, sri lanka, thailand, Travel, tsunami
Mad Woman at Harlech Castle
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Sunday 21 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike

This is my annual ‘special’, in which I retell stories about my late wife, published each year on her birthday …
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Category: True Tales | Tags: biker, biking, harlech, harlech castle, humor, humour, leathers, life, marriage, memorial, movie, POSTADAY, singing, Travel, uk, wales, zulu
Nine Eleven
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Thursday 11 September, 2014 by Uncle Spike

September 11, 2001 2977 people from 62 countries lost their lives. I remember that day vividly. I was here in Turkey on …
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Category: Opinion | Tags: 911, fatalities, memorial, remembrance, september 11, terrorism, USA
Respect
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Saturday 07 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike

War veteran disappears from care home, care home calls police, war veteran calls care home from D-Day event in France …
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Category: Opinion | Tags: Britain, d-day, france, memorial, normandy, POSTADAY, respect, rip, veteran, war, ww2, wwII
Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters (IV)
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Monday 28 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike

This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is in both English and Turkish letters. It …
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Category: Weekly Photo Challenge | Tags: anzac, ataturk, gallipoli, memorial, mustafa kemal, photography, POSTADAY, remembrance, Travel, turkey, war, Weekly Photo Challenge
Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument (I)
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Friday 11 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike

This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the Çanakkale Martyrs’ Memorial from Çanakkale, in the northwest of Turkey. …
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Category: Weekly Photo Challenge | Tags: Çanakkale, history, memorial, photography, POSTADAY, Travel, turkey, war, Weekly Photo Challenge
When NOT to spray a Volvo!
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Saturday 21 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike

This is the Volvo 245DL, one of those boxy 2100cc station wagons produced by the safety loving Swedes from 1974-1993. …
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Category: True Tales | Tags: accidents, calamity, cars, comedy, england, hammerite, humor, humour, life, memorial, memory, paint, volvo

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