I revisited this article that I wrote in 2008 and only had to take a few words out. If there are any Mental Health Unit staff out there who read this and think "what nonsense, she is out of date on this"! - please contact me and I will gladly edit each and every time. Eileen It's what's right … [Read more...]
And Jeannette and Beatrice at the Eat & Drink Company….
Back on the motorway last week which means living in a world of Service Station pitstops once more. Following my "Salute to Harry" post, I thought that would be the end of my hailing of Customer Service Heroes but then up popped Jeanette and Beatrice of the Eat & Drink Company at Birmingham … [Read more...]
A salute to Harry, Le Petit Four Cafe
Whether I am working with local authorities or the commercial world, I never forget that regardless of the official Mission Statement or whatever the guidelines recommend or whatever is laid down as good practice - it all stands or falls on people. No matter how committed a local authority is to … [Read more...]
If all else fails….tickle the foot
I thought I was hearing things this morning, I was multi-tasking so I first of all thought that the radio had somehow combined with a tape of audio book I was listening to but this is what I heard: "A 69 year old woman, pronounced dead by doctors and given the last rites, was tickled by a male nurse … [Read more...]
Down with this sort of thing!
It is not because I am Irish......well maybe it is but politics aside, I was proud to see a middle aged man standing amongst the 50,000 odd crowd in Dublin this week protesting with a solitary banner "Down with this sort of thing!". I can't think of a greater tribute to writers, Graham Linehan and … [Read more...]
Depressed? Your GP will tell you apparently
You know how sometimes you are just sitting there reading the paper and you read something that makes you sigh, well i had one of those this morning reading last Sunday's Observer (the only way I can get through the pile of Sunday papers I take is to eke them out through the week).It was just one … [Read more...]
Gok Wan
I am certain that Gok Wan, the presenter of "How to look good naked" is a very warm, compassionate man and I like his public personna very much but I do wish he would stop with the "psycho babble" when he is trying to help the women on his show to feel better about themselves. … [Read more...]
Tony Curtis
I'm not usually a person who cries when famous people who I do not know, die (well okay, apart from John Wayne and Elvis) but I couldn't help feeling saddened to hear of the death of Tony Curtis today. I remember watching him some years ago when he appeared on Clive Anderson's Chat show. … [Read more...]
Once a Catholic
I remember when Pope John Paul visited in the 1980s, my young son and I queued for hours in Central London and were rewarded with what thousands of others must have experienced: "He looked straight at me!". … [Read more...]
The Victorian Dish
On 4th September 1997 I wrapped a Victorian serving dish in a newspaper to move to a new house. I didn't wrap it too well because I knew that in 24 hours I would be unwrapping it again. This morning, 28th July 2010., I unwrapped it for the first time. … [Read more...]
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