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Kenneth W. Glover

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in Ailsworth, Cambridgeshire, The United Kingdom
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I was born in a small village called Ailsworth in Cambridgeshire, about 100 miles north of London. In 1937 I was able to get a scholarship (the first in our village) to go to a secondary school in Peterborough, five miles away. In 1944, I also got a scholarship to go to Imperial College, London University for a four year Chemical Engineering degree. This was the last of six years of WWII and the bombing of London was about finished, but we were receiving daily V-1s and V-2s which kept things interesting.

When the war ended in 1945, my draft deferment ended and I was called into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps for two years. I became a second lieutenant and spent almost a year in the garrison of Gibraltar. When I was demobilized I was awarded a
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Grandma’s Tea: A Celebration of Life

Grandma used to make tea for Grandad most afternoons. I remember her boiling the water and bringing him his cup and saucer on the living room couch. There is just something so comforting (and so British!) about afternoon tea. So to honor Grandma’s passing on July 10, 2019, we decided to have a small gathering of friends and family and serve afternoon tea. The family couldn’t all convene in Texas u

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“Work hard, play well, be kind to animals and old people, don't cheat, never ever lie. Grantland Rice, old sports-caster said it best, " When the great Scorer comes to write
your name, it matters not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.”
Kenneth W. Glover, Ph.D., Timely Actions: A Guide to a Better Life and Retirement

“Work hard, play well, be kind to animals and old people, don't cheat, never ever lie. Grantland Rice, old sports-caster said it best, " When the great Scorer comes to write
your name, it matters not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.”
Kenneth W. Glover, Ph.D., Timely Actions: A Guide to a Better Life and Retirement

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P.G. Wodehouse

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