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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
15 Feb 21
There is some concern by nurses dealing with my dressings change on my cancer operation entry wound (still slowly healing) that the liquids oozing from it could be getting infected. They are coming out more frequently and darker...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
3 May 20
With the NHS health service stretched to breaking point over Covid-19, it is not surprising that many regular services they provide are in disarray. I have an ongoing repeat prescription for 10mg a day of Amlodipine, as my blood...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
12 Feb 20
Diary - Saturday 8th February 2020 - I spent most of the day preparing for my trip to Manchester for my 58th birthday celebrations. The weather was nice but I was worried by reports of major storms expected on my birthday itself....
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
30 Jan 20
Saturday 25th January
A busy day, Burns Night, and Chinese New Year. I hadn't realized the Chinese New Year events were on the city of Preston until I saw the dragon being prepared in the museum, and some musicians practicing...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
14 Jan 20
2016 - Invincible Press
I'm not a sports fan, so a book about football should not really appeal to me but this true story deals with a major part of my home city's history,
In 1889, Preston North End (PNE) became the first and...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
26 Oct 19
Spoiler alerts – 2018
A harrowing movie presented with documentary realism. Made in Lebanon in the Arabic language by Director Nadine Labaki..
The title is drawn from the Biblical city Capernaum, dismissed by Jesus as a place...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
25 Oct 19
Spoiler alerts – 2018
The penultimate screening at this year’s Worldwise Learning Centre International Movie Festival in Preston.
A slowburn Paraguayan drama, filmed in Spanish, dealing with a mature woman discovering herself...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
21 Oct 19
Spoiler alerts – 2008
Written, directed by and starring Stephen Chow of Shaolin Soccer & Kung Fu Hustle fame this may be one of the most delightful children’s movies ever, featuring an alien that might well be even more cute...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
17 Oct 19
2018 – Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
The third of nine movies in the Preston based UCLan Worldwise Learning Centre International Movie Festival.
An incredible tragic love story set over many years from 1949 to the mid-1960’s,...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
16 Oct 19
1975 – spoiler alerts. Directed by Sergey Solovev
The second of nine movie screened at the 10th Worldwise Learning Centre International Movie festival was this Russian coming of age drama set in a school summer Camp for young...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
15 Oct 19
Though only my second year of attendance 2019 mark the thirteenth anniversary of the Preston International Film Festival organized by the University Of Central Lancashire (UCLan) Worldwise Learning Centre., itself celebrating its...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
1 Aug 19
Tuesday 30th July was the day of the annual meal and day out for the volunteers who help out at the University Of Central Lancashire. This year we were treated to an expenses paid trip to the seaside town of Blackpool, including...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
16 Jul 19
Sunday 14th July - I returned to the city centre to use the library and buy in some basic foods. It all looked rather empty and quiet after yesterday's exciting vibrant Viking re-enactment show.
Monday 15th July - My mum phoned...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
24 Jun 19
A busy time looming, which explains why I have posted so little this last week or so. Wednesday 19th June 2019 saw my routine doctor’s visit, to check my blood pressure which is coming under control nicely. The rest of the day...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
9 Jun 19
A week of quiet days and busy ones.
Job searching is usually quite a mechanical routine process, involving the same career websites being checked daily. It can be tedious and take hours. I have to do it daily. The Monday and...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
17 May 19
I helped out at the university today, as a volunteer, promoting the closing day of the week long Dying Matters promotion. I have attended all the talks and film screenings too, with today’s talk on Digital Legacies closing a very...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
3 May 19
The final day of the science fiction convention was a mixture of the relaxed and the sad, as many great friends left over the course of the day. In several cases it could be next year before I see them again.
The first panel I...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
25 Apr 19
Back from my adventures.
Though the convention wasn’t starting until Friday 19th April 2019, I travelled down a few days before to be able to explore London.
To get a full day of exploring on the Wednesday I caught an overnight...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
22 Mar 19
Diary Monday 18th March 2019
Such a quiet day my to-do list diary page was blank, the first such page this year.
The routine job search and a little shopping went on as well as my ongoing preparation of promotional flyers for...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
12 Mar 19
Monday 11th March 2019
Not a great deal of activity today, though I did walk to the community centre in a rare spell of sunshine between long periods of horrid weather. I used the scanner there to edit up lots of old photos from...
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