Lord Barry Mellish's Musings and Family News

Back in the days of tanners and bobs,  When Mothers had patience and Fathers had jobs.  When football team families wore hand me down shoes,...

 A s I write this Pope Francis is seriously ill in hospital and the Catholic world is praying for him. During the past hundred years or so t...

 I have a situation with an elderly cousin, or rather elderly widow of a cousin of mine. We are coping more less OK; but this situation is I...

 What will happen sooner; The End of the World or the completion of HS2? Happy New Year

The world has changed since I was a youngster some 70 years ago when, holding my dad’s hand, he took me to watch rugby every Saturday aftern...

  I am obviously further out of touch with modern life than I realised. As regular readers of my FaceBook posts will know last Saturday my y...

  I am somewhat confused by the furore over the inheritance tax bill that will fall on farmers. If I understand correctly (and I sometimes d...