Author Archives: charliecountryboy

About charliecountryboy

Carpenter and Carpentry Lecturer. Writer, musician. Curious about life and all those wonderful people in it. Follow on Twitter:- Chas_countryboy Follow on Facebook :-

The School Bully and Why I didn’t Run

Posted on June 10, 2018

This is a true story but the names have been changed if you recognise yourself then it’s probably you šŸ™‚ Every school has a bully, ours was called Mr Trudd he was around forty five, we were twelve-years-old. He had … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Athletics, Education, Humour, Life, Opinion, people, Running | Tagged , , , , , , | 26 Comments

Fun in Zakynthos, That’d be Greece :-)

Posted on June 3, 2018

Did I mention I was off to Greece? Well it is half term and you wouldn’t teach if it wasn’t for the holidays. The last time I went on holiday I met the girls; do you remember the lovely dancers … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Greece, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, Vacation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 25 Comments

An Early Start in Zakynthos

Posted on May 30, 2018

The weather is just beautiful out here in Greece at the moment, I thought I would share the sunrise with you all šŸ˜Ž

Posted in Blogging, Greece, Life, nature, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , | 19 Comments

My Very Own Language

Posted on May 26, 2018

As a toddler I had no need for the English language. I had my very own way of expressing myself. My sisters could translate some of it by using pictures. I would say something and they would get out various … Continue reading →

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Me, America and all that TV stuff.

Posted on May 20, 2018

Originally posted on Charliecountryboy's Blog:
I remember many years ago, 1963 to be exact, I loved America. The Lucy Show, Cheyenne, Rawhide, Flicka and Rin Tin Tin. The Kennedy’s were politically irrelevant to a child growing up in the…

Posted in Life | 9 Comments

Me, Jack and Hugh (Yin and Yang?)

Posted on May 14, 2018

And you thought there was just ‘lil, ol’ me.’ It’s funny but I only became aware of these guys about 20 years ago. You see, Hugh is the nice guy, (sunny side) he was a nice kid and when we … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Freedom, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, people, Realationships, Yin and Yang | Tagged , , , , , | 31 Comments

Why I Run

Posted on May 7, 2018

This is a good question and I’m answering it on the hoof, so to speak. I started running because I needed to improve my lung capacity, if you remember this was mentioned in the ‘I Left Home’ series and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Freedom, Life, Opinion, people, Running | Tagged , , , , , | 38 Comments

Three Peaks in 36 hours

Posted on April 28, 2018

I used to attend a Gym in Yorkshire, this was 1997/98 when one day the owner said. ‘Hey Charlie how do you fancy doing the Three Peaks with me?’ Now at the time I was busy being a Disco King, … Continue reading →

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From DJ to Disco King (We can all do it)

Posted on April 22, 2018

So to carry on from last week, after travelling around Europe I returned to Yorkshire for a bit of Christmas cash to discover my old employers had had enough of the Disco business and offered to sell to me. Now … Continue reading →

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When I was a DJ (we had the ‘Birdy Song’)

Posted on April 14, 2018

Now you may ask how did a scruffy little Yorkshireman end up as the ‘Disco King of Yorkshire’   Ok, so we have to go back a ways, do you remember SILH (8) A Desperate FinaleĀ ? Well, after that little … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Life, Mobile Disco's, Music, Opinion, people | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 26 Comments