tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post6813143808636459714..comments2024-03-27T20:07:51.303-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: A fatal game of cribbageRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-25023766926420357952019-01-24T04:02:20.354-08:002019-01-24T04:02:20.354-08:00Cardiff was hit on 26 February 1941. There's s...Cardiff was hit on 26 February 1941. There's some other clues - a 60yo postman dying, the pub was 100yds from a hospital.<br /><br />If only there was someone in the West Country with an interest in pubs in the 20th century...qqnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-77143497208780399012019-01-24T03:44:27.705-08:002019-01-24T03:44:27.705-08:00What's stuck with me from George Orwell's ...What's stuck with me from George Orwell's Blitz diaries is how <i>tired</i> he was all the time - week after week of interrupted nights would do that. In this story, I think that woman going 'calmly' to sleep - in a first-floor room with no ground floor underneath - is a clue: I imagine she (like many others) just passed out from exhaustion & wasn't too bothered about her surroundings. Not so much stoicism as just keeping on.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.com