January 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Ozzy Osbourne looked like your average grandfather as he held his grandchild Pearl. The rocker couldn’t help but laugh as he spent time with his son Jack Osbourne, Lisa Stelly and their gorgeous little girl. Proud dad Jack took the intimate snap which he then tweeted, accompanied by the caption: ‘Pearl making her grandad laugh!’ … [Read the full story]
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January 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Years ago my grandad told me he crossed the world to do battle. Later my dad told me he crossed the world and he also did battle. They went to help their mates fight the Germans…and they won. Today the Germans are again dominating Europe. Not with soldiers, but with cash. The French all elegance … [Read the full story]
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June 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Ex-Aston Villa striker Savo Milosevic had got a mental grandad. Well he might not be mental, but he’s 83 years old and he’s been arrested…for allegedly shooting dead the star’s dad in Bosnia.
March 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Hollywood star Tom Hanks has become a grandad for the first time. His oldest son, Mad Men and Band of Brothers actor, Colin, 33, and wife Samantha Bryant had daughter Olivia Jane last month. Colin’s mum Samantha Lewes and Forrest Gump star Tom, 54, divorced in 1987 after nine years of marriage. They had two … [Read the full story]
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January 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I am getting older and spend my time looking backwards at history. That is true history, not the history proposed by twenty somethings just out of university. As a lad I was able to talk to my Grandad, he told me about the First World War. Not from history books, but from the sights and … [Read the full story]
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September 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I think the thing I miss most since I left London to start a new life in Australia is being able to talk to my grandad. My grandchildren don’t listen to me they play on their playstations. Are there too many electrical gadgets around today to influence our children with ipods, Wii, play stations, dvd … [Read the full story]
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