Bloggo de Johno
John was 89 in May 2006 and due to macular degeneration he finds it difficult to send or receive emails from his wonderful pals at Buster's Friends and Trivvies. However he is determined to continue to enjoy the internet and will post audio blogs here when his health permits.

 
2006
  
June 16th John's first audio blog 48 secs
June 23rd Hospital appointments and foxes 3:00 mins
July 7th More hospital appointments and football 4:40 mins
July 23rd Buster's Friends Blog 3:50 mins
July 24th Trivvie's Blog 2:54 mins
August 9th Buster's Friends Blog 3:05 mins
August 15th Trivvie's Blog 3:19 mins
August 24th My team 1:32 mins
September 6th A nice piece of stuff 3:48 mins
September 16th A dream in the afternoon 5:10 mins
October 2nd Enjoying my audio books 3:34 mins
October 14th Cathy's operation 1:52 mins
November 3rd A day in the life of Johno 6:55 mins
November 20th Almost a millionaire, Rodney 2:33 mins
December 3rd Two tales from old Chesterfield 4:12 mins
December 26th Christmas Day 3:34 mins
2007
January 10th Into a new year 5:40 mins
January 22nd Winter draws on 5:04 mins
February 5th Watch those claws 2:49 mins
February 19th Mary is kidnapped 6:03 mins
March 5th Everything is breaking down 3:01 mins
March 14th *Sixty five years ago* 6:28 mins
March 27th A very big thank you 4:50 mins
April 15th Warm weather 4:52 mins
April 30th Anyone for cricket? 7:11 mins
May 9th A very special day in John's life - audio blog by John's grandson with text file 3:04 mins
May 11th A message from the birthday boy - plus some photos 6:27 mins
June 1st A holiday for Mary 5:03 mins
June 22nd Rain, rain and more rain 5.26 mins
July 8th A new talking radio 6:42 mins
July 21st Goodbye to the headphones 7:03 mins
August 5th Imparare una nuova lingua 4:59 mins
August 16th An attack of the shivers 4:34 mins
September 15th Cathy's holiday 4:14 mins
September 30th Donkey problems 4:40 mins
October 14th Flu jab time 3:56 mins
October 29th Car cramp 4:32 mins
November 12th Memories 3:59 mins
November 26th What a football team! 4:32 mins
December 15th Christmas is coming 4:48 mins
 
2008
  
January 7th Another year ahead 5:28 mins
January 29th Goodbye George 3:29 mins
February 17th Cold weather 3.40 mins
March 3rd Would you like to pull my trolley? 4:49 mins
March 16th 66th Wedding Anniversary 4:24 mins
March 26th Thank you! 5:20 mins
April 21st The trusty greenhouse 5:03 mins
May 25th Feeling a bit better 3.00 mins
June 29th Relatives in Australia 3:10 mins
August 7th A Rough Time 4:10 mins
September 29th Remember to Grow Old Slowly 3:18 mins
October 21st Watford, my favourite shopping centre 2:48 mins
November 28th No cure! 3:05 mins
December 19th Days of silence 3:36 mins
 
2009
  
January 11th A cold start 2:28 mins
February 18th Cold and colder 3:06 mins
March 22nd 67th anniversary and welcome visitors 3:21 mins
July 21st Goodbye dear friends 1:25 mins
     
As It Were - Memories of a Chesterfield Lad. Originally serialised on the Trivvies list, John's recollections of his early life in Derbyshire were collated by Patricia Hayward and parts 1 - 5 are now online.