Looking through some genealogy bits and pieces I had, I started to piece them together online. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints host an easy-to-use site here. You’ll need to sign up for a free account to view the links I’m including. If you put in a few names and dates, it generally […]
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Luce
Saturday, 28 May 2016
Soirée with Luce #menton A photo posted by David Harrison (@dalstondavid) on May 21, 2016 at 11:24am PDT
The Pootle
Friday, 22 April 2016
12 Aug 2015 A couple of days on the road. Hoping to reach Lyon by nightfall on Saturday, we made good progress until Chalon sur Saône where, as tradition dictates, we entered the Pootle, the obligatory routine initiated by Heather on the first night of driving. It generally begins something like this. At around […]
Sir Duke
Sunday, 22 November 2015
Dusted off the Selmer last night. Was watching a terrible Clint Eastwood film mid-afternoon, eyes half closed, when facebook pinged. Did someone know a sax player in Hackney, ping. David Harrison? ping. Just around the corner, ping. And ping and ping. And here’s the set list, ping. Some funny keys, but I did a quick […]
Can you help Mikey?
Thursday, 12 November 2015
If you’ve lived in Dalston for any length of time, or even just walked through the shopping centre at Dalston Cross, you’re bound to have seen Mikey, Dalston’s favourite busker and Hackney’s friendliest man. He’s out in all weathers. He’s had his ups and downs, and sometimes he struggles to make ends meet, but he […]
A Christmas Tale of Tolerance & Goodwill
Sunday, 14 December 2014
Those who know me mostly know me for my wit and charm, for my fine social skills and above all for my discretion. Those who know me better also know also that I have a brother with whom I never speak. I have literally had two short conversations with him since 1978. One of the […]