Tonight I experienced what is described as the annual town celebration that is The Winter Droving and a magical celebration… Read more Penrith Winter Droving
Tag: North West Evening Mail
Stand off
The first of two versions of the splash together with the colour piece I wrote about the horse fair in… Read more Stand off
Huge rise in wife-beating
How can they be so heartless – protester It was January 1993 and I had been at the North West… Read more Huge rise in wife-beating
The day I met a photographer from National Geographic magazine
Of course I was aware of the National Geographic magazine when I was growing up and was impressed with the… Read more The day I met a photographer from National Geographic magazine
Leaving pages
There was a tradition in the newspaper industry that on your last day before moving to a new job that… Read more Leaving pages
Woman dies in lorry horror
It was a routine weekend and I was returning from an interview with reporter Damien Brook when we stumbled across… Read more Woman dies in lorry horror
Heseltine stands by his yard takeover decision
It should have been a routine assignment but it quickly escalated. Michael Heseltine, who was the President of the Board… Read more Heseltine stands by his yard takeover decision
Stalag Walney
I was working the weekend and we got sent on this routine assignment. Fed up with the constant vandal attacks… Read more Stalag Walney
The road to easy riding
How to pass your motorcycle tests and not become another statistic Back in the early 1990s I decided I wanted… Read more The road to easy riding
Chernobyl remembered
When I started work in Barrow the town was dominated by the employer VSEL – which produced nuclear submarines. Although… Read more Chernobyl remembered
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