Steve Manchester ~ A Letter of Encouragement

Some Letters remain timeless, testament to a period or event or upheaval of history. This 2012 letter by email from Steve of Manchester is one such. It stands as true today in 2026 as it did in 2012.

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Steve Manchester ~ A Letter of Encouragement

Police Constable Andrew Harper (1991-2019)

I post this as a Member of The National Association of Retired Police Officers and as a member of my own family that has seen active service in the Gloucestershire Constabulary and the Special Constabulary spanning, three generations across two centuries ~ (1900-2026)

Police Constable Andrew Harper (1991-2019)

Ocean Dark ~ It Is This Night that I do Leap the Edge

This was written a long time ago, yet it remains a very popular piece, but also one of my favourites. A friend …

Ocean Dark ~ It Is This Night that I do Leap the Edge

WHOEVER ~ I Stand Agape

Written in July 2015 on the moment’s spur, looking out across the Mersey Estuary towards New Brighton on the Wirral. The beach is now famous for the ‘Iron Men’, iron sculptures of the Sculptor and Artist, Antony Gormley.

WHOEVER ~ I Stand Agape

2 LTB Mass Observation 1940 - An Explanation

Imperial War Museum Image of St Paul’s Cathedral, London during the Second World War. I confirm I am a full subscription member of IWM.

2 LTB Mass Observation 1940 - An Explanation