Author: sean

Today is a very special day, it’s Saint Sean’s Day! For those of you scratching your heads and wondering why you have never heard of it before, let me be a little clearer.  Saint Sean is the author of this Blog – now that has really confused you!!!! Okay, before you think I have an […]

Do you remember the “Duracell Bunny”? For those of you scratching your head, let me explain.  The Duracell Bunny was a piece of advertising that was intended to show that if you used Duracell in your battery driven equipment, it would last longer than other batteries. The Duracell Bunny would undertake all manner of exciting […]

I have always tried to keep politics out of the pulpit but, I couldn’t help reflecting that this summer has been a sad one for the Labour Party.  The infighting between members of Momentum and Progress has led to a bruising leadership contest between Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith. Whatever your political views, in this […]

Long ago in a town far far away….. (Okay, it was Immingham and I was 5 years old) I was selected by the headmaster of the school to go with him and a child from the junior’s to deliver harvest produce to the elderly.  I like to think he chose me because I looked cute […]

Consider yourself at home. Consider yourself one of the family. We’ve taken to you so strong. It’s clear we’re going to get along. Consider yourself well in Consider yourself part of the furniture. There isn’t a lot to spare. Who cares?..What ever we’ve got we share! (Lionel Bart) So sings the Artful Dodger in the […]

I am a huge fan of the show “Dad’s Army”.  I cannot begin to count how many times I have seen it, in fact, some episodes I can say the lines before the characters on the screen!  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the programme (is that possible?), one of the “nasty” characters […]

We don’t need no education We don’t need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey teacher leave them kids alone All in all it’s just another brick in the wall All in all you’re just another brick in the wall (Roger Waters – Pink Floyd) I remember […]

Perhaps you can remember the good old days, when you visited the seaside and heard the brass band playing; Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside I do like to be beside the sea! I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom! Where the brass bands play:“Tiddely-om-pom-pom!” Well, if you strolled […]

Oh wondrous news, great rejoicing Radio 4 Extra is repeating a wonderful series that I first listened to years ago, and it still makes me laugh all these years later “The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy”.  For those of you who are scratching your head and thinking, “what on earth is he on about?” let […]

As somebody once quipped “nostalgia aint what it used to be”.  Well, last week I took a nostalgic trip and visited Swineshead and Boston in Lincolnshire.  I was born in Boston, I have a number of relatives who still live there.  It was lovely to walk down the streets and see how things have changed and, […]