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My year as a child soldier
ARMY cadets in Plymouth have been banned from carrying rifles in public just days before they were due to take part in a Remembrance festival. (The Herald) Yes, I did…
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Penny for the guy?
What’s the longest-lived and most successful fundraising ‘ask’ ever? It has to be “Penny for the guy”. Boys in England have been asking for money from strangers in the street…
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My New Love
Okay, true confessions time. The real reason why I have lost so much weight in the past 18 months is because I have found a new love. I’ve not really…
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Ovine Metathesis
I play in a Salvation Army band, and I have on and off for sixty years. At band rehearsal this week we warmed up with Lois Bourgeois’s 16th century hymn…
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A passport service ‘without let or hindrance’?
A passport service ‘without let or hindrance’? – Expat – My Telegraph Here’s some more information relating to my previous post about Brits abroad and the difficulties they experience in…
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My Life in Politics and its Lessons for Fundraisers
Last Friday I delivered pamphlets on behalf of a candidate for the city council here in Toronto. I did the same for our local MP at the last federal election,…