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Adur Festival 2014: Shoreham’s street party

Hello and welcome to my blog. Thank you for your positive comments on the second “day in the life of,” and I wish Tanya every success in the local elections.     Today, I’m going to take a short break from the series to bring you details of the imminent launch of the Adur Festival.    It’ll… Continue reading…

A day in the life of a mature student

Hello and thank you for your positive comments on the first “day in the life of.” It’s time now for the second, so over to you Tanya. Tanya Williams lives in London with her husband, Tim, and their three children. She’s currently studying for an MA in Human Rights. “ I get up and shower… Continue reading…

A day in the life of an airline pilot

Hello and welcome to my blog. I’m delighted to launch the first in a new series of, “A day in the life of,” and today it’s a day in the life of a commerical airline pilot. Richard Coward is a Training Captain on the Airbus A320.  He has 30 years flying experience and lives in… Continue reading…

Not Southern Sissies, but Urbanites

Hello and welcome to my blog. It’s lovely to see you again. While the first, “day in the life of,” is finalised, I wanted to share some thoughts about our Easter trip to Cumbria.      We stayed with friends who had moved from London to a beautiful spot on the Scottish Borders.     … Continue reading…

A day in the life of Rev Gail Souppouris

Hello and welcome to my blog. This week sees the last of the old interviews for, “a day in the life of..”  This “day” was first published in 2010, and when we met, Rev Gail had to conquer her nerves before she could share her passion for her vocation.  Rev Gail Souppouris, 57, Vicar of the… Continue reading…

A day in the life of John Bradshaw, ex-chairman of Shoreham Beach Residents’ Association

Hello and welcome to my blog. It’s lovely to see you again.     I’m feeling tired and grumpy this morning.  Got no-one to blame but myself. I stayed up too late, boring myself rigid with our company accounts.     Tiredness is no excuse for slacking so time to return to another of the 2010 series… Continue reading…

Miami’s got soul

Hello and welcome to my blog. It’s wonderful to be back and Happy New Year. To date, I’ve stuck to some of my New Year resolutions, but I hope you’re doing better than me.       Well, we’ve had a spate of calm and sunny days here so, if the smallspotted catsharks have any sense, they’ll hot… Continue reading…

Happy Christmas from sunny Florida

Hello and Happy Christmas from life on-shorehambeach.blogspot.com     I’m still publishing messages from those I have featured in 2013, but this is the most personal because it comes from Tom, our 8-year-old son.     Tom was featured in September when he responded on behalf of kids to an earlier blog about kids’ addiction to screens.… Continue reading…

Happy Christmas from the Friends of Shoreham Fort.

Hello and welcome to another Christmas blog from someone I have featured in 2013.To be fair this one isn’t from someone, but a group, the Friends of Shoreham Fort.     Regular readers will know that they are often featured and the last time was on 21st November when five of the Friends undertook a gruelling 50… Continue reading…

Happy Christmas from Adur Ferry Bridge

Hello and welcome to my blog. As we’re only 16 days from Christmas, it’s time to get into the festive mood and hear some seasonal greetings from some of those who have been featured in this year’s blog.       It’s fitting that the first message comes from Tony Bathmaker, a man who, more than… Continue reading…