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Working at New York JFK 2000-2004 (Part 1: Arrival)
My career in aviation has taken many twists and turns as it ran its course, none as exciting and daunting, as my time in New York working at JFK International Airport, between October 2000 and March 2004, now on paper the thought of living and working in New York, would seem like a lottery win, […]
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My Bike Ride by James Sargent (11 yrs old)
Yesterday on the 18/02/2021 I went on one of my longest and hardest bike rides yet. The bike ride was 30 kilometres long! This is how I was, on my bike ride! While I was waiting for my football friend to come round so we could go out on a bike ride, I could feel […]
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The Determination From an Old World War Veteran.
As a Funeral Director I have seen many types of funerals, each one different in it’s own unique way and every one I have conducted or been a part of always leaves a memory, but I wanted to share one with you that took place many years ago, it was so powerful that I will […]
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The Beast Within Written by Steven Williams (My Uncle) Living With Cancer In His Words!
Steve Williams my uncle born 02nd June 1953, and sadly left us on 14th October 2015, Steve lived his life in Australia after emigrating when he was just a teenager, where he and Lucy lived a very happy life and enjoyed everything life gave them, he sadly left behind his wife Lucy and his two […]
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Donating Blood, Lot’s of Pro’s With No Con’s
I was sceptical when I used to see adverts asking me to donate my blood! In my mind I went through every known excuse why I shouldn’t donate, things like “I need all my blood” “Why should I donate to someone I don’t know?” “All they do is sell it to foreign countries!” “I might […]
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Leigh’s Almost Forgotten VC Hero
The beauty of being a Funeral Director, is I get to meet so many amazing people and learn so much about families and their loved ones, I also get the opportunity to meet people from all different organizations, which also helps me broaden my knowledge of my local area and the incredible people from around […]
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Makes You Stop And Think Doesn’t It?
I saw this piece on a social media site and thought it was simply to good not to share, with those that read my blog, kind of does make you stop and think for a moment about what is important! I do not know who the author is so cannot credit them. Can you imagine […]
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When an Angel Gets Her Wings to Early
Everything I’m going to write here is with full permission from the family, I will refrain from using names, dates and locations to protect privacy also there WILL be a second part to this blog, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the parents for their continued friendship and incredible strength, above are the […]
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Funeral Directors Suffer Too!
Believe it or not many funeral directors are suffering mentally and physically through this pandemic! why wouldn’t we after all we are human beings, we feel, we hurt, we cry, we struggle, yet through most peoples eyes we are solemn, unwavering folk, really couldn’t be further than the truth. When the government started advising us […]
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The Power Of Music at a Funeral
We all have a particular style of music we like, whether it be Pop, Rock, RnB, Classical, Country music, Jazz, Techno etc. this list can be endless, but there will be certain genre we each like and can relate to, what and how you embrace music is a personal thing, for some its for relaxation, […]
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Do Funeral Directors Really Care?
Well straightaway the answer to that question is a resounding “yes” in every manner of the word, in every language on the globe! Yes Yes Yes we care! So here are my reason’s why I care! (I’ve wrote this about a time before the pandemic) If I asked you to close your eyes and paint […]
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Cabin Crew Regrets
Having spent an considerable number of years within the aviation industry, I was lucky enough to work in airports in both the UK and the USA, during the time I made some fantastic life long friends, as well as business contacts at all four corners of the globe, I think I can say with honesty […]
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Has Respect Finally Gone?
Has respect finally gone away? I guess its a burning question one that could have hundreds of different answers, personally my mindset suggests there should be only one plausible answer, and that is “yes”, now that’s just me saying this and who the hell am I to form any basis of opinion or provide any […]
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Where has the right to an Opinion gone?
Where has the right to an opinion gone? It clearly has gone away, because when you do have an opinion on anything, there is always someone ready to try and shoot you down, even if your opinion is yours and yours alone? why why why? I want to delve into this to try and understand […]
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Has the world gone crazy? Or…….
News news news 24hrs a day every channel an endless stream of information, some factual some fuelling the panicking and fear we are currently seeing globally.Coronavirus allegedly came out of China narrowed down to the Wuhan Province? But how does an illness thatis, we are being told bring the people of the globe to its […]
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The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
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