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The Glendinning family tree

Nice to see where I fit into the Glendinning family tree.

Posted 16 August 2008 † Stuart § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Caius greatest student prank

Revealed after 50 years: The secret of the greatest-ever student prank at Gonville & Caius, revealed by the Daily Mail, back when Rob was a student there. Wonder if he knew any of them? Reply from Rob, off to Perth in Oz via Dubai on Emirates, tomorrow out of Birmingham Airport: “I remember Peter Davey as [...]

Posted 29 June 2008 † Stuart § Comedy § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Born on 18 April

Jennifer and Richard have a baby boy. Congratulations too for Roger and Linda, and Nicky & Nick..

Posted 18 April 2008 † Stuart § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Earthquake epicenter at Market Rasen

My aunt and uncle, who live in the village of Lissington which is but a stone’s throw from Market Rasen, the epicentre of last night’s earthquake (the UK’s largest for over 20 years), reported the following via SMS: “They ran outside as the whole house shook & everything rattled & loud ‘roar’ like train. Still [...]

Posted 27 February 2008 † Stuart § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Leicester comedy festival

Good to be able to get in with a pre-15th Leicester Comedy Festival joke. OK, so like I phoned my mother and asked how things were etc, and she replied in kind. Then I mentioned how fantastic it was that the comedy festival was on in Leicester, starting on 8 February. And while I was [...]

Posted 14 January 2008 † Stuart § Comedy § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Congratulations are in order

Congratulations to Richard and Jennifer on the news of their baby!

Sorry Andy didn’t make it to last night’s get together; apparently he was busy with the new maths toy proto-type. Watch this space!

Posted 24 October 2007 † Stuart § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

With the cousins in 1978ish

Me, around 1978, with 6 cousins and 1 brother. That’s my Harry Potter wand I’m holding. The two tallest ones have the highest paid jobs. So there.

Posted 17 September 2007 † Stuart § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Anita Roddick

Just found out Anita Roddick is dead:Founder of the Body Shop Dame Anita Roddick has died at the age of 64. Her family said in a statement that she suffered “a major brain haemorrhage” at 1830 BST at St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex. OK, so I was lucky enough to have [...]

Posted 10 September 2007 † Stuart § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

The Cotton Mill, Leicester

Looks like my purchase of an apartment at the Cotton Mill, King St, Leicester is going ahead with the help of Shirley. And the good news is that the council are planning to turn the street outside into a pedestrainised area - to be completed by August 2008..

Posted 25 August 2007 † Stuart § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Jess’s birthday

And on a lighter note, Jess turned eight, see a pic to prove it featuring ‘Bratz’.

Posted 09 May 2007 † Stuart § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °