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Fun and Interest
The one thing that I for one would not want to be thinking as I am about to draw my terminal breath is that there had not been enough fun in my life. These posts will be about anything that I personally find amusing (and I can only refer to my Kevin Bridges quote on my Home page if this is not shared) or otherwise interesting, entertaining or perhaps even enlightening.


NAPOLEON WAS RIGHT
“This house believes that estate agency in its present form is outmoded and has no credible basis for continuance”. I’ve offered a variety of professional services over my forty-year career but I’ve whittled that down to just the one now which is leasehold enfranchisement. On the face of it I might include estate agency in that list but I have to say, with some regret, that I wouldn’t classify that as a professional service. It should be but it isn’t and to be frank, even t

Barry Passmore
Oct 287 min read


SELL IT YOURSELF
Forget houses and property for just a moment if you will and imagine you own a classic Aston Martin that you have cherished over the years but the time has come for it to go. You know the car inside out, you’ve got a pretty good idea what it’s worth and you’d feel entirely comfortable negotiating a sale with those like-minded enthusiasts who will be responding to your online advert. You’ll know where to advertise. They’ll know where to look. Simple enough one would think

Barry Passmore
Oct 271 min read


MEET OUR LEADER
Allow me to introduce Steve Brown, author, bon viveur, raconteur, boomer and revered leader of our tribe. I understand that some of...

Barry Passmore
Jun 42 min read


PRIVATE BURIAL FACILITATION
I am committed to the view that if more people were aware of their natural entitlement to be buried in private land (including...

Barry Passmore
Mar 291 min read


THE FARMER'S PERSPECTIVE
Let’s start by explaining something about farming that the Labour government of late would have been well-advised to educate themselves...

Barry Passmore
Mar 274 min read


AND I WILL HEAR, THOUGH SOFT, YOUR TREAD ABOVE ME
But when ye come, and all the flowers dying, And I am dead, as dead I well may be, Go out and find the place where I am lying, And kneel...

Barry Passmore
Mar 275 min read




And I will hear, though soft, you tread above me
I remember being about 5 or 6 when it occurred to me one day that I hadn’t actually grazed my knee for a little while and I wondered why...

Barry Passmore
Aug 19, 20245 min read
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