Tag Archives: memorial
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Double entendre
39Monday 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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Lilac, Purple, & Pink
9Wednesday 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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Gallipoli: lifelong dedication
13Friday 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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Gallipoli: 100 years
10Friday 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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REBLOG: Boxing Day 2004: remembering the tsunami
Leave a commentFriday 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… -
Mad Woman at Harlech Castle
26Sunday 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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Nine Eleven
7Thursday 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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Respect
19Saturday 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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Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters (IV)
4Monday 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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Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument (I)
4Friday 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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When NOT to spray a Volvo!
27Saturday 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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