by LobAdmin | Nov 15, 2025 | General Thoughts
I feel it is time to offer a lighter side to my blogs. A brief personal look at fashion over the last eighty years from the war years onwards. These are some reflective thoughts on aspects of fashion over my lifetime. I have touched on the fashion era of the 1960’s in...
by LobAdmin | Nov 15, 2025 | General Thoughts
As I sit and observe the state of our country and those countries near and far, now marred by the effects of climate change, I am concerned for the future of farming across our land. The supply of fresh food, milk and grain, home grown feed for cattle and hen, pigs...
by LobAdmin | Nov 15, 2025 | General Thoughts
n the 1980’s, I visited a small factory on the Wirral producing black plastic sacks. Granules in, rolls of sacks out. Just two men managed the whole plant. Automated manufacturing and automated process engineering was, even then, having a devastating effect on working...
by LobAdmin | Nov 15, 2025 | General Thoughts
When World War 2 ended, Britain had a new problem. One of recovery in so many ways. Food rationing continued into the 1950’s, damaged buildings across many parts of the country needed either clearing or repairing. The austerity taxed the nation in so many ways, but...
by LobAdmin | Aug 9, 2021 | Poems
In a desert place with dry flat sand,Redundant aircraft in a line they stand,Outdated, inefficient, too big, too small,Superfluous to the industry’s current call. I fear that there will be many, many, moreSurplus to airline fleets, left on the floor,Whilst this virus...
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