It’s Easter Saturday, and we’re off to the Salvation Army’s Citadel in Kettering to see the 7pm performance of Handel’s Messiah. Composed in 1741, there had also been a TV programme on recently featuring Gareth Malone coaching eight amateur singers to take on this monumental piece. Yes, it’s definitely Easter, and the TV programme reminded …
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Category:Salvation Army
Salvation Army Carol Concert (2023)
Off into town this evening to enjoy this year’s Salvation Army Carol Concert at the Salvation Army Citadel. Jo, Janet & Helen together with David & Valerie were there, as usual, and we also saw Derek & Lydia. We’ve been coming to these for quite a few years now as it represents another ‘sign’ that …
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Salvation Army Carol Concert (2022)
On a chilly Saturday evening, we headed to the Salvation Army Citadel in town for 7pm and their annual Carol Service. Due to COVID and other commitments, we haven’t done this for quite a few years! I can’t think why we didn’t go to this event back in December 2019 (their last one before you-know-what). …
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£1-a-Day (2019)
Well, here we go! David and I are doing our charity ‘thing’ again this year – starting today – and living on just £1 a day for food and drink for the next seven days! 😊 This year, we also have new recruit ‘Helen’ joining us in lieu of her hubby Paul, (who’s taking the …
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Palmers and Bricklayers
Palmers Reunited A scorcher of a day, as we headed down to Bromley to catch up with Neil, Debbie, Alfie and Frankie. Just to make a change, rather than our normal haunt of ASK, at the top of the high-street, we chose The Bricklayers Arms, just a five-minute walk from Bromley South station. Last time …
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Big Band for a Big Event
You might remember Paul – he joined forces with David and me for our ‘£1-a-Day’ fund-raising event in 2017 and 2018. Well, he’s mad enough – in a good way – to continue his generous nature and has volunteered to do a 94km sponsored walk. Yes, you read that correctly – 94km!!! And this is …
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£1-a-Day (2018)
Well, here we are again! Starting today, it’s my ‘Pound-a-Day’ week for 2018! This my FIFTH year exercising this little bit a will-power by living on £1 a day for a week – for all food and drink. I’m being joined again by mates, David Ablett (also in his 5th year) and Paul Marsh (returning …
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Tablet Coaching: The Power of Search!
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we discussed the power of Google Search – including some shortcuts for ‘power-users’ that speed-up search results. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all …
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Laptop Coaching: Music Management & Photo Storage
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: In this, our penultimate lesson for this Group, we recapped ‘sampling music’ (legally, of course) and ‘storing photographs’. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all …
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Tablet Coaching: The Browser (Part 1)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we discussed the key features & benefits of the various Browsers that are available for an Android Tablet. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in …
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Laptop Coaching: One Drive (Recap)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we recapped the key features and benefits of Microsoft’s ‘OneDrive’ App. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness …
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Laptop Coaching: Open Session
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today’s lesson was a very flexible one! We spent time 1-to-1 with each Pupil addressing their individual needs Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all …
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Tablet Coaching: The Camera App
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we lookeed at the capabilities of the built-in Camera pre-installed in modern Android tablets. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together …
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Laptop Coaching: Windows 10 – April 2018 Update (Tuesday Class)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Tuesday Class : With the new update rolling-out to all PCs in the past week, today, we looked at the new features and improvements of this latest version of Windows Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well …
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Laptop Coaching: Windows 10 – April 2018 Update (Monday Class)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Monday Class : With the new update rolling-out to all PCs in the past week, today, we looked at the new features and improvements of this latest version of Windows. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well …
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Tablet Coaching: Setting up eMail (Part 2)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: After last week’s Lesson covering setting-up eMail, today, we discussed:- Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the …
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Laptop Coaching: File Management (Part 2)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: After Part 1 last week, today we continued to look at managing files using a ‘USB Stick’. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its …
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Tablet Coaching: Setting up eMail (Part 1)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we discussed how to set up eMail on a typical Tablet. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness …
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Laptop Coaching: File Management (Part 1)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: We spent the morning learning how to manage ‘USB Sticks’ including moving and copying files in ‘both directions’. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all …
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Laptop Coaching: Spotting Suspicious eMails
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: We spent the morning looking at fake emails and developed some ‘rules’ for how to identify them without opening them. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication …
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Tablet Coaching: Amazon Prime Video
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we discussed the features and benefits of Amazon Prime Video. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for …
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Laptop Coaching: Staying Safe Online
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we discussed how to spot dangerous eMails and how to stay safe online. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with …
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Laptop Coaching: The Perfect Password!
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: In an ideal world, the rules for PC passwords would be: different for every website; long enough not to be easily guessed; and best of all, easy to remember. Sounds impossible, I know, but today we discussed a straightforward way to meet all of these criteria, as part …
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Monday & Tuesday Classes
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: We’re taking a break! See below for re-start dates… – Monday Laptop Class: 23rd April 2018 @9.30am– Tuesday Laptop Class: 24th April @9.30am– Tuesday Tablet Class: 24th April @ 1pm Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well …
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Laptop Coaching: The Action Centre
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we discussed the information shown in Windows 10 ‘Action Centre’. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for …
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Tablet Coaching: The Play Store
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today we discussed how to gain access to, and get the most from, the Google Play Store. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its …
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Laptop Coaching: One-to-Ones
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today we concentrated on one-to-one activities, helping those who had specific issues with their Laptop. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together …
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Laptop Coaching: One-to-Ones
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, we extended the duration to a double lesson and spent time working 1-to-1 with the Class on a range of laptop-related topics. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of …
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Tablet Coaching: Core Apps
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Today, in the Group’s first double lesson, we looked at two Android Core Apps:- We also looked at how to configure a Tablet for printing to a home-printer. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! …
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Laptop Coaching: Word Processing (Part 3)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Tech Blog: Following on from last week’s lesson, today we concluded the ‘word processing Lessons. We discussed:- We concluded the Lesson with the group (in pairs) designing a poster for a lost pet! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – …
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