Maurice Greenham
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Turning 84
These days I like to keep my birthdays low key and hope not too many people notice the passing of another year. Don’t get me wrong I am not embarrassed by my age – quite the contrary I celebrate it. Not everyone has the privilege of becoming an octogenarian…let alone a long-term survivor of HIV.…
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Prides 2025
Nationally and locally there have never been as many LGBT+ Pride events as this year, 2025 Penkhull Pride I don’t know if it counts as the smallest Pride in the country…but the ancient village of Penkhull held its first ever Pride event hosted by the Owen Project and the Marquess of Granby pub. It…
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June 2025
My adventures in Argentina were fantastic, fabulous and phenomenal, leaving a keen desire to return. However, life in Stoke on Trent since my return has been no less eventful. I never expected to be doing so much in my 80s… but being so active at eighty is great and to be celebrated. The role of…
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Catheter-man
Well, strictly speaking, I’m catheter-man no longer, the catheter was removed on Sunday 24 November in the Urology Ambulatory Unit at Stoke Royal hospitals. However, the sixteen days wearing it has left a huge dent to my emotional wellbeing. I can’t help thinking of the one event that springs back to mind – it was…
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Belated Birthday Post
Whilst I had every intention to create a post on my 83rd birthday, life got in the way, circumstances prevented me from doing so. Why? Because I have been so busy. No worries…being active at 80 is good…no it’s great! So much has happened since my last post in June. Summer has whizzed past; we…
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June 2024
Since posting about my trip to Colombia in February my feet have hardly touched the ground: life has never been so busy. Not that I mind, it seems to suit my nature. However, I have had to cut back on some regular commitments to give priority to the OLGBT Group which celebrates its fifteenth anniversary…
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Colombia 2024
Colombia has fascinated me ever since I read Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Gabo) when I was studying Spanish A level at Stoke College. Marquez was a Colombian writer who, in 1982, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years if Solitude). The fictional town of Maconda, which…
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November 2023
The Wider Picture The Russian war with Ukraine continues. Global citizens are reacting or shielding themselves from the news of the 7 October atrocities committed by Hamas against Israeli citizens and the massive military reprisals in Gaza. Home Secretary Suella Braverman, appears to be stoking unrest and discontent, undermining public confidence with the Metropolitan Police…
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August 2023
With 200 local new infections last week and new variants arriving…I decided not to tempt Providence by using the heading ‘Post Corona Chronicle’…this post is more of a quarterly review. If there were more hours in the day, I might write more frequently. It’s hard to believe that in my 80s I should be working…
Maurice Greenham 