Allan Bolton

Nov 27, 2024 | northernlifemagazine.co.uk | John Lancaster |Allan Bolton |John Zuur Platten |Alison Hramiak

The Grand Ol’ DukeBY JOHN LANCASTERThe Duke was brave and GrandOl’when he marched up the hill at Sandal. Ten thousand men couldn’t get served at the CaffSo he walked them back down, without a laff. To Macca Dee’s he went, but they clogged up the drive-thru. In desperation, he wailed: “Now what am I to do?”In Denby Dale was a fish and chip shop, an answer to his pleas.

Jan 9, 2024 | northernlifemagazine.co.uk | Allan Bolton

Based on my diary for 2001. Sense of smell. There aren’t enough words. English is rich with influences — yet our bulging vocabulary is defeated. We know what’s meant — quite accurately — by the smell of newly cut grass, roasting coffee, and wood smoke. But what does “the smell of exquisite perfume” convey? Perfumes vary too much; personal opinions differ too much. What’s exquisite to me might be over-sweet and sickly to you. A slight sensation stimulates memory on this quite crowded platform. What is it?