Category Archives: R.I.P.

RIP Prince Philip

Posted on April 9, 2021 by G. A. Michael Sims

Very sad news that His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh has died today, a Royal with a true sense of duty in his support of our Queen. He may have been a little outspoken at times but … Continue reading →

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Derek J. K. Sims, RIP

Posted on May 9, 2020 by G. A. Michael Sims

We had a somewhat erratic early childhood both of us being witness to domestic violence. Many years later I asked him how much he remembered of that and he said ‘quite a lot’ but we never otherwise discussed it. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Lowestoft WW2 Cuckoo postscript

Posted on January 30, 2017 by G. A. Michael Sims

With the 75th anniversary of the raid on 1st February 1942 fast approaching it is perhaps time for a brief postcript to the piece I wrote on Lowestoft’s ‘cuckoo’ air raid warning. Please read that first if you have not … Continue reading →

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Lowestoft’s life-saving ‘Cuckoo’ alarm in WW2

Posted on February 19, 2016 by G. A. Michael Sims

The 1st February 2017 will be the 75th anniversary of a tragic incident which took place in Victoria Road, Lowestoft in 1942 during WW2, when  a mother and her two children were killed by a German bomb. Their deaths, however, … Continue reading →

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Fr. Anthony E. Sketch

Posted on October 11, 2012 by G. A. Michael Sims

On 10th October we said goodbye to Fr. Tony Sketch who had been our parish priest for nearly twenty years and who had, in his own words and after a long illness, ‘gone home to God’. The formal occasion of … Continue reading →

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Graeme Roberts (only a death seems to prompt a post)

Posted on August 14, 2012 by G. A. Michael Sims

It’s a sad fact of life that you older you get, the less time you seem to have to cover all the tasks you set yourself. As a result this blog has been sadly neglected. This year I have allowed … Continue reading →

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Lord Kitchener

Posted on December 30, 2011 by G. A. Michael Sims

It was with great sadness that I learned just before Christmas of the death of Henry, 3rd Earl Kitchener on 16th December 2011. As previously mentioned I have an interest as one of the trustees of the Lord Kitchener Memorial … Continue reading →

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Loss of friends

Posted on October 14, 2011 by G. A. Michael Sims

It’s been a sad week for us with two funerals. The first, on Monday, was that of Penny Barley, much loved wife of Robin with whom I worked for several years in the late 1970’s and who was taken after … Continue reading →

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