December 25, 2020

 

Let’s all unite as a nation,

now that we’ve come this far.

Let’s put back the Great in Britain,

and show the world who we are.

 

Let’s find in ourselves some happiness,

that in recent times has disappeared.

Let’s love those who are less fortunate,

and embrace the freedom of being home-reared.

 

Let’s welcome to our land all visitors,

but on our terms, as now is the case.

Let’s enrich our lives with friendship,

though sadly not yet, with a physical embrace.

 

Let’s put our nation first, and go forward.

Each new step, such an important seed.

Let’s all take on a positivity,

that becomes infectious, so we can succeed.

 

Let’s show each other kindness,

and come together as one.

Let’s make 2021 special

Let’s bring back the sun that once shone.

 

Let’s find in our hearts the passion.

Let’s be selfless, and give something back.

Let’s make our country fantastic again,

and fly high our Union Jack.

 

by Harriet Blackbury

December 23, 2020

 

1     I AM DELISH  T     5  5

2     E ROGER BRENT     6  5

3     C PORK TREATS     5  6

4     MAY B MARS     3  5

5     R THAT LONG     5  4

6     CAN GEM NAME  C HERO     7  8

7     ANS    NO HARM     3  6

8     I C MAN  OR I C VAR     5  7

9     C S  N  HIS TROUT     5  6

10    R ELECT FORK B     6  5

11    B UNDID LION     4  6

12     SCORE BEANS  JON     5  8

13     AH  HE ALSO WON     3  8

14     WELL   PEACHY PASTA  MR Z     10  8

15    OR  MY JESSE G     6  4

16    N W BROKEN     3  5

17     STAN BE A BOSS   E SING     9  7

18     L U TRIM K     3  4

19     U REX  OF L     4  3

20    AH  I VU ENCLOSURE     3  11

21     L  U SPARK UP     5  4

22     U  J FASH   N   U SAINT     6  7

23     AN END    A SHOT     4  6

24    INVEST LIMIT     6  5

25    ‘LILT ON MARINE     6 1’ 5 

26    C HOT MINI HAMPERS  MR ZN     9  10

27    TV  BE SECURE     5  5

28    Y U CLAIM A CHEER   A     6  8

29    LARGE ICY BALM     5  7

30    DE   FRY ONE  B G     3  7

31    AND A SMILE     4  5

32    ADD UR ARMY     4  5

33    TRY A RL COCKLE     5  7

34    INLAND  AS IN E     5  6

35    MU  U KEEP FIT     5  5

36    ANT NEARLY G H     5  6

37    B GRAND ROOSTERS  S     6  9

38    E DAMSON JAM  SID     5  8

39    HDD  JOY RUN     4  5

40    O U   J H AND GRILL     6  6

41     I LAMB   U A  B M     4  5

42    I C GRANGE FILM     5  7

43    SHOW  R  DISCO     5  5

44    U R MY H SHOP  J     4  6

45    R INVEST GRADE    4  8

46    I QUAINT VILLA X     4  9

47    BUNNY RANG     5  4

48    O A RED INK WELL     6  6

49    J HAD ONE HEN     4  6

50    B J  HANDY ROLE  SON     7  7

51    RATE  RIBS NOW     4  7

52    L   HAM PIE   KEN     4  6

53    NO JOY  SHOWN N     5  6

54    ID  ME SORT   HOW     3  8

55    LEAD  FRANKIE     6  5

56    E WILL   AS JAM     5  5

57    L M  SUN TRAILERS     7  6

58    Y HOT LOAF FOR R     5  7

59    IN A ROCKO     3  5

60    L  COLD AND WET  T     4  8

61    SAY  DR HALL MAN     4  8

62    K GENO OF G     3  5

63    AH  ADD AIM     4  4

64    NOW AMBER K     4  5

65    U B PEARL MALT     4  7  (ex manager)

66    I AM DUE    BE IN     3  7

67     Y U  DR CHERRY BAKE     6  8

68    MR IS BORN BAK     4  7

69    LAKE N VINE   EK     5  6

70    OR A SAX MAN     3  6

71    I C PLUM  H GAVE     4  7

72    I NAME WOK   A F     4  6

73    E SMART   CORN N AM PIE     5  11

74    E A DEAR DINER     6  5

75    AGH  C MINCE LOVER  M     7  8

76    N  DO  B  ON  H J     4  4  (ex manager)

77    MY CAKE  LEN  NN     5  6

78    FRANCE BONDS U     6  6

79    L  HE RAN END ZONE     4  9

80    AD  WEST AVON     4  6

81    E MOST MILK     4  5

82    B  ON  OX ROAST  HUGO     5  9

83    MAKER LIKE W     4  6

84    I LOV KIPPERS     6  5

85    Y TEA AND LETTER EX     9  6

86    RR ET MINT PEAS     6  6

87    SINK J   INVADE N W     6 3 4

88    E  I AID A  LEMONI  BUN     8  7

89    E  WHY I SALMON     5  6

90    MAUL CLAMS MC     3  8

91    TRY GOAL H     4  4

 

Compiled by Harriet Blackbury

the answers will appear on my website –

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on 16th January 2021

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Thank you for visiting my website   Regards Harriet

 

   

December 19, 2020

 

 

 

1     GEOFF HURST

2     IAN WRIGHT

3     LUKASZ FABIANSKI

4     MARTIN PETERS

5     BEN JOHNSON

6     BOBBY MOORE

7     GONCALO CARDOSO

8     TREVOR BROOKING

9     MARK NOBLE

10    HARRY REDKNAPP

11    MICHAIL ANTONIO

12    PAOLO DI CANIO

13    DAVID MARTIN

14    FRANK LAMPARD

15    SCOTT PARKER

16    TOMAS SOUCEK

17    BILLY BONDS

18    DARREN RANDOLPH

19    RIO FERDINAND

20    ALAN DEVONSHIRE

21    AARON CRESSWELL

22    CARLOS TEVEZ

23    ARTHUR MASUAKU

24    JAMES COLLINS

25    JOE COLE

26    NATHAN TROTT

27    TONY COTTEE

28    ROBERT GREEN

29    FABIAN BALBUENA

30    SLAVEN BILIC

31    KEVIN NOLAN

32    ISSA DIOP

33    FRANK McAVENNIE

34    DIMITRI PAYET

35    ANDY CARROLL

36    MICHAEL CARRICK

37    TREVOR SINCLAIR

38    ANGELO OGBONNA

39    MERVYN DAY

40    RYAN FREDERICKS

41    BOBBY ZAMORA

42    PABLO FORNALS

43    RAY STEWART

44    ALVIN MARTIN

45    MARLON HAREWOOD

46    CHRIS HUGHTON

47    AJIBOLA ALESE

48    MATTHEW UPSON

49    PHIL PARKES

50    HARRISON ASHBY

51    JAMES TOMKINS

52    CONOR COVENTRY

53    WINSTON REID

54    MANUEL LANZINI

55    BRYAN ROBSON

56    JULIAN DICKS

57    ROBERT SNODGRASS

58    NIGEL REO – COKER

59    DECLAN RICE

60    TEDDY SHERINGHAM

61    VLADIMIR COUFAL

62    ALAN CURBISHLEY

63    JERMAIN DEFOE

64    VIC WATSON

65    CRAIG DAWSON

66    ANTON FERDINAND

67    ANDRIY YARMOLENKO

68    STEVE LOMAS

69    CARLTON COLE

70    JOHN RADFORD

71    DEAN ASHTON

72    STEVE POTTS

73    JARROD BOWEN

74    LUDEK MIKLOSKO

75    GLEN JOHNSON

76    SEBASTIEN HALLER

77    TOMAS REPKA

78    EMMANUEL LONGELO

79    SAID BENRAHMA

80    PABLO ZABALETA

 

Many Thanks for visiting my website  Regards Harriet

Compiled by Harriet Blackbury

Nov 2020

(usual copyright rules apply) 

 

 

December 18, 2020

 

 

We traveled the path

to who knows where.

Our troubles behind us,

without a care.

 

And times that we shared

with new comers we met,

on the journey through life,

we will never forget.

 

Like the curved ball that landed

out of the blue,

on a deserted path, when feeling

lost without you.

 

And the shadows that followed,

which we never got to see.

An invisible tap on the shoulder,

from our friend, serendipity.

 

And as each door closed,

and tomorrows were faced,

a whole new chapter began,

as goals and targets were chased.

 

The pace quickening up,

as new empires were built.

Leaving less time for loved ones,

and minds full of guilt.

 

‘Something is coming’,

she often said to me.

‘You can laugh all you want,

but very soon you will see.’

 

And her wisdom we challenged,

her mind to placate.

But she was right all along.

Her second sense was just great.

 

by Harriet Blackbury

 

December 12, 2020

 

1     CALLUM WILSON

2     SAM VOKES

3     EDDIE HOWE

4     LEWIS GRABBAN

5     JOSHUA KING

6     TOMMY ELPHICK

7     NATHAN AKE

8     ARNAUT DANJUMA

9     SAM SURRIDGE

10   HARRY REDKNAPP

11    JUNIOR STANISLAS

12    CHARLIE DANIELS

13    STEVE COOK

14    MARVIN BARTLEY

15    DAVID BROOKS

16    MILES ADDISON

17    RYAN FRASER

18    TED MACDOUGALL

19    HARRY ARTER

20    JACK STACEY

21    DAN GOSLING

22    MARK TRAVERS

23    DANNY INGS

24    PHILIP BILLING

25    TYRONE MINGS

26    ALAN CONNELL

27    JACK SIMPSON

28    SIMON FRANCIS

29    RYAN ALLSOP

30    ASMIR BEGOVIC

31    C J DANIELS

32    LYS MOUSSET

33    CHRIS MEPHAM

34    ANDREW SURMAN

35    YANN KERMORGANT

36    MARC PUGH

37    DIEGO RICO

38    ARTUR BORUC

39    BRAD SMITH

40    BRETT PITMAN

41    LEWIS COOK

42    JOSH MCQUOID

43    EUNAN O’KANE

44    JERMAIN DEFOE

45    DAN GOSLING

46    BAILY CARGILL

47    STEVE FLETCHER

48    JORDAN ZEMURA

49     NNAMDI OFOBORH

50    DANNY HOLLANDS

51    BENIK AFOBE

52    WARREN FEENEY

53    MATT RITCHIE

54    GAVIN KILKENNY

55    LEE BRADBURY

56    DOMINIC SOLANKE

57    MAX – ALAIN GRADEL

58    BEN BUECHEL

59    JACK CORK

60    LLOYD KELLY

61    ALEX DOBRE

62    JEFFERSON LERMA

63    WARREN CUMMINGS

64    LIAM FEENEY

65    SHAUN COOPER

66    ADAM SMITH

67    JASON TINDALL

68    AARON RAMSDALE

69    WILL DENNIS

70    JAIDON ANTHONY

71    CAMERON CARTER – VICKERS

72    ROGER JONES

73    NIGEL SPACKMAN

74    STEVE CLARIDGE

75    SHWAN JALAL

76    DARREN ANDERTON

77    HUGHIE RILEY

78    CARL FLETCHER

79    JAMES HAYTER

80    JIMMY QUINN

81    SEAN O’DRISCOLL

82    MEL MACHIN

83    GEORGE BEST

84    BRIAN STOCK

85    GARETH O’CONNOR

86    STEPHEN PURCHES

87    COLIN CLARKE

88    JORDON IBE

89    WADE ELLIOTT

90    IAN COX

 

Many Thanks for visiting my website    Regards Harriet

Compiled by Harriet Blackbury

November 2020

(usual copyright rules apply) 

 

December 10, 2020

 

 

 

1     RAIL LONDON C W     5  7

2     LET E DIAL TWO     4  7

3     A MORE WILLING     6  6

4     C E POP INK     4  4

5     TROPHY STAR     5  5

6     Y   A OR Z GUIDE   J R      3  9

7     L  WE C MIDNIGHT     6  6

8     O ASK WARM JET SKI     5  9

9     AL SAVES ON NET N     4  9

10    A LONE JEM SIGHT     8  5

11    ASK MOVES     3  5

12    MR IN LIBERAL      5  6

13    HOW SHIN ROLL  J B     4  9

14    MR  MY JOB IS ON     5  6

15    O ALPHA CREST     5  6

16    YEW WOOD  LETS ASH     6  8

17     I C RODS   HOW     5  4

18    A DRY JET   A   M V     5  5

19    NOT ANY DAY  P     4  6

20    SORT MAIN BOND     6  6

21    C H FORTUNE  R     3  7

22    I AM SO MY DJ MAN     5  7

23    EL  LETTING  L     4  6

24    NAME HAS AIM     3  7

25    B J IS NEAR  N E N     5  6

26    MICHAEL MOST LTH     8  6

27    HN  ONCE JOLLY N     4  8

28    FLY IN BARN N     5  5

29    U BE A  JJ  OK     3  5

30    O INTENT  WISH W     7  5

31    A MAD BACK WALL     4  8

32    EK  A RAINY D     3  6

33    AH  C IF FUEL  MD     7  4

34    N CHAINS FOR J     4  7

35    BY  L   I AM ON T HILL      5  8

36    PARKERS  C  FAN     5  6

37    L MIMIC MY JOY R      5  7

38    I WILL VEER IN I     6  6

39    ERR PIE   IT PARKIN     6  8

40    M O T  ON HEAT     3  6

41    DO C HANDY LAKE     4  8

42    ROBBED BY AIR    6  5

43    O L   A OK CUP     4  4

44    COVER ON VINES     5  7

45    ACE PALS   U GOING     4  9

46    G BRITAIN  IN PLONK     5  10

47    E  L  LEAD REX     4  5

48    EG   E OIL  RR     5  3

49    HASSLE NEAR BY     6  6

50    E ENTER FARM B     4  7

51     DANGER RAY     5  4

52    ROCKET SET D     5  5

53    D N SING  ANY     5  4

54    I C AXON     3  3

55    AIR BOBBLE  EK     6  5

56    LIKE EACH NAME     7  5

57    WITH A RING     3  6

58    N HAS  NU JOG     4  5

59    REAL WELL UP     4  6

60    RE   TOP  NELE B     5  5

61    E PAINT  RORY     3  7

62    EVEN I C RALPH     4  7

63    AH   REAL GRAND EXAM     6  9

64    SCARF TIED TO L     5  7

65    KING LOVE N     5  4

66    I ANY I BAKED I     3  8

67    VIVA DE EST S      5  5

68    A P COCKEREL – REALLY A FIB     6  7 – 7

69    MY MUSIC GOT M N M     5  8

70    C LEMONY MILK     5  6

71    RACK OK  J C    4  4

72    E  K B  IN ALL V     5  4

73    SCALE HARES LEG     7  6

74    NO HULL IN JM     4  6

75    ME B NEE     3  3

76    AH CHARM G B  RAN     6  6

77    OWN BARN AL     4  5

78    O REAL CHARITY L     7  6

79    I STIR KEEPER     4  7

80    SO  MY  T C  SAID  MY     5  7

81    AKA  HR  IN  NY     3  6

82    O LOOK   A LION MUSIC SHOP     8  11

83    PS   HELD BY RAIL     4  8

84    N ENOUGH SUN ROOMS AND J B G     6  4  11

85    MOTEL    WHAT TOWN     7  6

86    L  IRON SWIRL     4  6

87    U  MY NED N  JIM     5  5

88    L O   A DVD HIT     5  4

89    N JOBS SHONE     4  6

90    SEDATE HENS  LP     4  8

 

the answers will appear on my website

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on 2nd January 2021

Compiled by Harriet Blackbury

(USUAL COPYRIGHT RULES APPLY)

Thank you for visiting my website  Regards Harriet