Nearly 14 years gone, now. I still miss him, but try to bring the best of his skills as a Dad to my relationship with Hazel and Iris.…
dad
A collection of 7 posts
At 5.45am
I’d been awake for about 20 minutes before my iPhone blared into life; Wake Up Boo filled the bedroom, and I leapt off the bed to switch it off before my wife woke. As is my habit, I flicked…
10 Years Ago #2
[](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2011/09/dadanddusky-2099.html)10 years ago today, I lost my Dad. That’s…
Losing Battles and Other Journalists' Clichés
People don’t lose battles with cancer. From the BBC’s Will & Testament blog: > It’s unfortunate, however, that The Daily Telegraph chose to run…
Photo Friday: Father
*Submitted to [Photo Friday](http://www.photofriday.com/) : [Father](http://www.photofriday.com/archives/challenge/000337.php) without any thought of getting…
More from the archive
Here’s another picture of my Dad from my Grandma’s collection. I love this one, because it’s so redolent of another bygone age of Britain. My father, a fresh-faced young man, newly employed by a paper company, looks…
A face from the past
The picture above is a real piece of family history. Having the chance to look at, preserve and even publish this makes me very thankful for modern technology. My uncle posted this and a large range of other old pictures…