http://boakes.org nice of you to drop by. tea? Fri, 16 May 2008 07:16:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding en http://boakes.org/killay-house/ http://boakes.org/killay-house/#comments Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:21:55 +0000 Rich Swansea NCH killay history killay house wimmerfield heol glasnant hendrefoilan school google earth http://boakes.org/killay-house Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/killayhouse/gate' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
The recent demolition of Killay House left a lot of memories without an anchor. It was a familiar shape to the thousands of people who travel on Gower Road daily, and it had been so for over 120 years. Growing up in Heol Glasnant (where the houses are tall), and going to school [...]]]> http://boakes.org/killay-house/feed/ http://boakes.org/richards-fifth-birthday/ http://boakes.org/richards-fifth-birthday/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:22:13 +0000 Rich hendrefoilan birthday party cine film cine conversion 1977 http://boakes.org/richards-fifth-birthday Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/fifth/table' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
This film has almost certainly never been seen by most of the cast. It was taken during my fifth birthday party in late 1977 (a fact that I’ve deduced from comparing the guests and their clothes with higher quality photos that I have; photos that also contain a birthday cake with five countable candles). [...]]]> http://boakes.org/richards-fifth-birthday/feed/ http://boakes.org/fast-run-round-sketty-and-killay-july-1975/ http://boakes.org/fast-run-round-sketty-and-killay-july-1975/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:50:19 +0000 Rich lloyds bank killay dunvant road gower road killay house killay sketty wimmerfield sketty lane swansea cine video 1975 http://boakes.org/fast-run-round-sketty-and-killay-july-1975 Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/fastrun/title' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
Thirty one years ago, my grandfather, thought it might be interesting to fix his cine camera to the outside of his car, and go for a drive from his home in Wimmerfield Crescent, down to Sketty and back. Cine film at the time was not expensive, but still far from cheap, and also suffered from the [...]]]> http://boakes.org/fast-run-round-sketty-and-killay-july-1975/feed/ http://boakes.org/silver-jubilee-street-party/ http://boakes.org/silver-jubilee-street-party/#comments Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:14:12 +0000 Rich silver jubilee queen elisabeth II street party killay swansea heol glasnant wimmerfield crescent cine 1977 http://boakes.org/silver-jubilee-street-party Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/jubilee/hat' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
Wimmerfield Crescent is a residential street located in Killay, Swansea. It feeds three small residential cul-de-sac roads, one of which is called Heol Glasnant where I used to live. Heol Glasnant has the unusual property (in Wales) of being flat, and the lack of throroughfare made it an ideal venue for street parties. In [...]]]> http://boakes.org/silver-jubilee-street-party/feed/ http://boakes.org/wimmerfield-crescent-garden-party/ http://boakes.org/wimmerfield-crescent-garden-party/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:22:03 +0000 Rich wimmerfield crescent wimmerfield cine killay swansea breeze http://boakes.org/wimmerfield-crescent-garden-party http://boakes.org/wimmerfield-crescent-garden-party/feed/ http://boakes.org/rick-moeller-cycle-blog/ http://boakes.org/rick-moeller-cycle-blog/#comments Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:01:12 +0000 Rich rick moeller cycle cycling cyclists petaluma san francisco http://boakes.org/rick-moeller-cycle-blog Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/moeller-cycle/rick' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
We just got a message from Ann, tipping us off about Rick Moeller’s new cycling blog. Anyone who’s met Rick will know that he’s not one to dwell on the irrelevant things in life unless there’s good humor [sic] to be had therein, so it should be an enjoyable as well as insightful periodical. Credentially [...]]]> http://boakes.org/rick-moeller-cycle-blog/feed/ http://boakes.org/in-your-pocket-guides/ http://boakes.org/in-your-pocket-guides/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:45:55 +0000 Em guide book in your pocket pocket guides poland polska visiting warsaw visiting krakow visiting gdansk visiting poland http://boakes.org/in-your-pocket-guides Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/in-your-pocket/guide' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
A couple of summers ago, Rich and I ventured to Poland for a holiday. Guide book in hand we had a marvellous time in Warsaw and although a clunky paperback is a lot to carry when out for the day, when in Poland it was essential if only for the handy phrases in the back! When [...]]]> http://boakes.org/in-your-pocket-guides/feed/ http://boakes.org/silver-days/ http://boakes.org/silver-days/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:02:52 +0000 Em wedding anniversary silver wedding http://boakes.org/silver-days http://boakes.org/silver-days/feed/