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Half-Penny from 1966

Brixham: Coins in the Wall! (2.4.2026)

Administrative matters aside – I notice the above “interior” wall looks as if it used to be an “external” wall – as it looks weather-beaten and worn. Furthermore, in the UK, builders often leave a coin featuring the year any renovations were carried-out as a form of “good luck”. Usually, we find these coins under floor-boards, carpets, and lino, etc. Sometimes they are lodged between wooden joints or under various structures. In this wall, the coins seem cemented on the outside of the wall. There is a 1966 half-penny, and a 1960 three-penny. When I was first at school in the early 1970s – these coins were still in use. The old half-penny would today possess the buying power of £5 – whilst the three-penny bit could buy about £30s worth of goods. This was before the UK joined the EEC (1.1.1973). Prior to this, a British pound was comprised of 240 pence – afterwards it was deliberately devalued to just “100” pence. What a disgrace all this was!

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Ancient Seafaring Scaffolding from the Time of Henry VIII!

Brixham: “What’s this Scaffolding? It’s a Feature”! (29.3.2029)

Of course, as The Beatles once reminded us “Nothing is Real!” – in the hyper-extension of capitalism that is “the holiday”. It is a time of no work (unless you are on a working holiday – we’ve all been there – labour in exchange for ten-minutes on a beach), no struggle, and comfortable living – but this week or two takes around 50-weeks of hard graft just to raise the deposit. When I was in Spain, I once witnessed an Englishman arrive with his case at our holiday resort – returning after just two or three weeks after his last visit. His previous sojourn had been “magical” in his own words and he had gone home, re-mortgaged the house, and rebooked in exactly the same Benidorm hotel! The problem was that no one else he had stayed with had rebooked – and none of the staff could remember who he was!

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"National Agency for Blue Badge Fraud Investigations

UK: Emails Exposing the Far-Right “National Agency for Blue Badge Fraud Investigations”! (1.2.2025)

Furthermore, this firm takes great pride in “evicting” disabled people from their premises, aided and abetted by Local Councils, so that (and I’m quoting from their website) – “Homeless people can be housed in their place!” This is the bouncing of one vulnerable group off another for the entertainment of the mainstream. This firm “denies” that the Tories abolished Social Housing and that there is a lack thereof. Finally, the bad spelling and poor grammar on the website smirks of the poor education often associated with the far-right! Of course, Local Councils are notorious for using these kind of intimidatory tactics – so it only makes sense that they would use tax payer’s money to employ those with a limited enough educational background – so as to suffer no moral qualms!

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