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Peter Barron

The Northern Echo

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Focusing on the growing challenges us oldies face with reading glasses

AS I head deeper into my seventh decade, I feel the need to focus on something that’s become an increasingly important feature of my life: reading...

07.02.2025 4

The Northern Echo

Peter Barron

The day a Durham headteacher wished he hadn't asked about a pupil's dog having pups

MANY thanks to former teacher June Clough for passing on a lovely story after my Dad At Large talk to Durham Friendship Centre in Belmont earlier this...

16.01.2025 3

The Northern Echo

Peter Barron

A case of mistaken identity that left our family shellshocked

TALK about being well and truly shellshocked… Christopher, our eldest, was woken from a deep sleep with the devastating news: “Nigel’s dead!”...

06.12.2024 8

The Northern Echo

Peter Barron

The answer to my 92-year-old mother's hearing problems – Nat King Cole

BEFORE I go any further, I should acknowledge the fact that my mum, now approaching 93, is a ruddy marvel. Still independent, still doing her own...

23.08.2024 3

The Northern Echo

Peter Barron