Bash Street Kids Annual 1991

Time for another collected volume of Bash Street Kids stories, originally published weekly in the Beano comic of course. Part of the fun of these volumes (well for me anyway) is trying to work out when the stories may have been originally published. This annual is actually pretty easy to date to around 1982, one of the stories features the World Cup and it took place in that year. Another story has the Kids dress up for a disco and Smiffy looks like Adam Ant!

So, i probably read these stories in the comic as i was a weekly reader back then though i don't really remember them. But it was a long time ago.

This is a good collection of stories, the Kids were on top form. Unlike their exam results of course.

Rebooting the shrubbery

A few years ago (during the Covid lock down in fact) i built a second raised bed in the garden and planted a small collection of shrubs in it. A few of the shrubs have thrived though some have died so i have decided to try and reboot the shrubbery this year. Earlier, i bought two new shrubs and planted them. Since the photograph i have also cut back the dead parts of the shrubs already there to tidy things up. I think there is space for one more.

A trip to Cosford

At the weekend i headed up to the RAF Museum at Cosford in Shropshire. It isn't that far away but, judging from my previous photo albums on Flickr, i seem to go every six years. So, back here in 2032 then!

Cosford is a great museum, i was able to update my photography of a lot of aircraft, many will be featured in the new British Aeroplanes section of my website. You can see my photos here.