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Sunday, 20 December 2015

"The Price of Glory - Verdun 1916" by Alistair Horne

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I have restarted my research for my next U3A talk, the subject being "The Battle of Verdun 1916". The talk is scheduled for Febru...
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Saturday, 19 December 2015

Star Wars - The Force Awakens

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An afternoon trip with B to Cityscreen in York to see this week's blockbuster. The hype is true - this is a great film that foll...
Monday, 7 December 2015

"Bridge of Spies"

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Another trip to Cityscreen in York to see Steven Spielberg's latest film. On the spectrum of spy films, "Bridge of Spies"...
Saturday, 5 December 2015

Fungus

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We were watching a programme on Sky TV last night. They previewed some of their Christmas shows. We saw they have televised one of the grea...
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Wednesday, 2 December 2015

"Nice out and about"

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One storm passed yesterday, another is expected tomorrow, so today with the sun shining here in North Yorkshire, I thought I should get out ...
Monday, 30 November 2015

Amsterdam and "The Lady in the Van"

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It was worth pushing through Saturday 's crush of Christmas shoppers in the centre of York to see this film. I know the work o...
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Tuesday, 17 November 2015

"Spectre"

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Sunday afternoon at the cinema to see the latest James Bond spectacular. Good fun, plenty of CGI destruction (or at least I hope it was ...
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Pierre le Poilu
YORK, England, United Kingdom
Recently retired, with a great interest in French history and fortifications,cricket, opera and classical music, food and film and now the time to enjoy them
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