http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/ en Copyright 2008 Thu, 01 May 2008 12:32:21 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A FEW months ago I joined the National Service (Royal Air Force) Association: the North Wales and Borders branch was formed in 2006 and is open to ex-National Servicemen, regulars, ex-WAAF and WRAF who served in the period 1939 to 1963. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2008/05/food_shortages_history_has_a_habit_of_repeating_itself.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2008/05/food_shortages_history_has_a_habit_of_repeating_itself.html Thu, 01 May 2008 12:32:21 +0000 MANY years ago when I was farming with my family at Cefn Meiriadog we used to get severe downfalls of snow. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2008/03/winter_weather_and_old_welsh_s.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2008/03/winter_weather_and_old_welsh_s.html Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:16:48 +0000 FASHION, they say, goes round in circles. Perhaps I have started a new fashion circle because I‘ve started wearing braces again. I haven’t worn them since I gave up farming over 40 years ago.]]> http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/11/beltandbraces_approach_to_fash.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/11/beltandbraces_approach_to_fash.html Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:56:15 +0000 MY SISTER Mary recently sent me a cutting from a newspaper called “Y Drych”, which caters for Welsh people in America. I thought it might some people might find it interesting. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/09/the_welsh_in_the_london_milk_t.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/09/the_welsh_in_the_london_milk_t.html Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:52:50 +0000 AS the winter league soccer season is about to begin, so another football league reaches its climax. I’m referring to the local Llandyrnog and District Village Clubs’ summer football league. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/08/when_football_was_a_hard_slog.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/08/when_football_was_a_hard_slog.html Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:29:46 +0000 TODAY, in case you hadn’t realised, is National Sleep Day. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/06/go_to_work_on_a_nap.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/06/go_to_work_on_a_nap.html Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:21:10 +0000 IT'S none of my business of course, but I do feel concerned each year when I see the neighbouring farmer's field containing wild oats among his cereal crops of barley or oats. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/06/my_tips_for_dealing_with_wild.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/06/my_tips_for_dealing_with_wild.html Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:24:49 +0000 OVER the next few months I intend to get out and about the roads and lanes of Wales with my camcorder. Fear not, harassed motorists, I will not be filming you..... my video recorder will be pointed at me. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/06/true_tales_of_the_tramps_of_no_1.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/06/true_tales_of_the_tramps_of_no_1.html Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:49:39 +0000 EVERYONE has a double, or doppelganger, so they say. Even me..... http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/05/ive_finally_found_my_purpose_i.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/05/ive_finally_found_my_purpose_i.html Mon, 28 May 2007 14:30:34 +0000 A COUPLE of weeks ago my family and I returned from an enjoyable week's holiday in Ireland. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/05/postcard_from_the_emerald_isle.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/05/postcard_from_the_emerald_isle.html Wed, 23 May 2007 10:54:37 +0000 BRING back National Service, that’s what I say. I don’t mean just for yobs or ASBO kids. I mean for every boy and girl of 17 or 18. Farmers’ children as well. No exceptions. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/05/memories_of_a_wee_farm_lad_doi.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/05/memories_of_a_wee_farm_lad_doi.html Tue, 15 May 2007 19:00:32 +0000 WHEN I was farming, the work was never ending, a bit like the title of this poem. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/05/a_farmers_work_is_never_done.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/05/a_farmers_work_is_never_done.html Thu, 03 May 2007 11:00:26 +0000 DURING the recent wonderful spring weather my wife and I have been working hard in the garden making it tidy and attractive. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/04/watch_out_heinz_youve_got_a_ri.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/04/watch_out_heinz_youve_got_a_ri.html Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:27:25 +0000 I READ in the Stage journal this week that George Formby's younger brother,Ted, had died. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/04/they_dont_make_em_like_they_us_1.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/04/they_dont_make_em_like_they_us_1.html Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:13:15 +0000 IT WAS good to read in the Daily Post how some North Wales farm businesses showcased their livestock at a London pub. Along went a cow, sheep, lambs, hens, sheepdogs and even a mountain pony to the Spaniards Inn, a former Welsh drovers’ pub near Hampstead Heath. http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/04/bridging_the_towncountry_divid.html http://russellreesdavies.welshblogs.co.uk/2007/04/bridging_the_towncountry_divid.html Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:10:29 +0000