Gerry Stubbs served in World War II, he boasts about meeting big band leader, Glenn Miller, while serving with the Royal Signals Corps in 1944. And why shouldn't he? He remembers landing on the beaches of Normandy over sixty years ago, he remembers some of his mates who were shot to pieces in the landings. He's an old man with a young heart. Unbelieveably he's 88 years old, he still does all his own shopping, cooking and cleaning, he walks everywhere and could easily pass for a sprightly 70 year old. What's his secret? Well, as mentioned here already, he's young at heart; he attends the poetry night at the Ivy House on most occasions, so I've come to know Gerry quite well, and now he has a new poetry anthology just published called Simply Poetic Pride. Come along and listen to this proud man perform his own poetry at the Ivy on Thursday July 3rd and better still buy a copy of his book. It took him great sacrifices and a long lifetime of experience to be inspired to write them, all you have to do is fork out seven quid to see if you like his poems. We could all learn from Gerry; I hope that I have the same youthful spirit if I live anything like that long....
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