You might not have seen Martin's list but the one you have in the post is good enough! Shades of London where we lived for two years while I was the high school principal at, yes, ASL at # 1 Waverly Place in St. Johns Wood. We lived out near the Heath and I could walk to work down Finchley Road or take the bus. Our favorite pub was The Old Bull & Bush where we met a regular, Henry Kelly who was a former BBC broadcaster. He called us "the colonists" and we had many good conversations in the pub. Your memories are much more extensive and influential than mine although I have good memories with one exception and it ended up OK. My wife got Cancer, non-Hodgkins lymphoma and we had excellent care and treatment at Harley Street and Princess Grace and a fabulous oncologist named Leslie Kay. S. recovered slowly but completely and is fine today.
Yes, what are the odds of that? Loved our two years there, Obama came for a visit to the school. We went to a Christmas party at the residence of the American Ambassador and I met Margaret Thatcher there, in her waning years. Never was a great fan of hers. We were able to travel often from London, to Ireland, France, Italy and Spain and all over the UK countryside. Medical care there better than U.S. IMNSHO. (In My Not So Humble Opinion) Small wonder that U.S. Healthcare, profit motivated and dominated by insurance companies is in not very good shape compare to these other countries.
I especially like hearing about the London years. This book is such a gift to me. Parts of it take me back to -- What was I doing while you were doing all this? Haha!!
You might not have seen Martin's list but the one you have in the post is good enough! Shades of London where we lived for two years while I was the high school principal at, yes, ASL at # 1 Waverly Place in St. Johns Wood. We lived out near the Heath and I could walk to work down Finchley Road or take the bus. Our favorite pub was The Old Bull & Bush where we met a regular, Henry Kelly who was a former BBC broadcaster. He called us "the colonists" and we had many good conversations in the pub. Your memories are much more extensive and influential than mine although I have good memories with one exception and it ended up OK. My wife got Cancer, non-Hodgkins lymphoma and we had excellent care and treatment at Harley Street and Princess Grace and a fabulous oncologist named Leslie Kay. S. recovered slowly but completely and is fine today.
I’m glad to hear your wife is fine now 😌
Gary, you were a principal at ASL!? My god, what are the chances!?
Yes, what are the odds of that? Loved our two years there, Obama came for a visit to the school. We went to a Christmas party at the residence of the American Ambassador and I met Margaret Thatcher there, in her waning years. Never was a great fan of hers. We were able to travel often from London, to Ireland, France, Italy and Spain and all over the UK countryside. Medical care there better than U.S. IMNSHO. (In My Not So Humble Opinion) Small wonder that U.S. Healthcare, profit motivated and dominated by insurance companies is in not very good shape compare to these other countries.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/us-health-care-ranking-report-last-rcna171652
I especially like hearing about the London years. This book is such a gift to me. Parts of it take me back to -- What was I doing while you were doing all this? Haha!!
Thank you, my dear. It means a lot to me to hear you say this book is a gift to you! ♥️