North of the Stupid Line

Posts Tagged ‘Family

22 Nov, 2009

Corey William Robert Wilks

Posted by: Rob

I absolutely delighted to introduce my son, Corey William Robert Wilks.

Corey was born via cesarean section on 19 November 2009 at 1.11am in Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, weighing 8lbs 5oz.
Rachel and I are over the moon to have such a gorgeous little boy!
Corey is such a clever little fella: he’s actually set up his own [...]

Tags: ,

19 Apr, 2008

The Big Fight

Posted by: Rob

I am currently being exposed to the fervour of the Valleys that is Joe Calzaghe and his big fight against Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas, USA.
On the orders of my missus and the in-laws, I have subscribed to Setanta Sports for one month so that they can watch the big fight tonight on Setanta 1 [...]

12 Jun, 2004

Tube

Posted by: Rob

Oliver, a budding photographer, took these two really interesting pics of the tube. Well, I like them. Here you are Ols, a platform for your art! ;o)

I think they’re interesting because you can see the fast movement as opposed to the slow movement i.e. the slow is clearer than the fast. [...]

Tags: ,

28 May, 2004

Wedding

Posted by: Rob

What a day. It was Diane Jackson’s (Rachel’s aunty) wedding to Jack Jones today at Ystrad Mynach Registry Office at 2pm followed by a reception at the Three Horseshoes in Pentwynmawr and then an evening party at the Pentwynmawr Workingmen’s Club. It was a lovely day. Rachel was one of the bridesmaids, [...]

08 May, 2001

Sad news

Posted by: Rob

On Sunday 6 May at 5am, my grandfather, Clifford Wilks, passed away peacefully at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, aged 87, after a long battle against cancer. Although his death is a relief for us as we don’t have to watch him suffer any more, we’re all still very upset. Grandad was full [...]

Tags:


  • JGJones: Hear hear - I never understand those "fathers" myself either. My wife once said this quote to me which is very true: "Any man can be a father, but
  • Dafydd: JG: Point taken. Rob: you should have waited :-D
  • JGjones: Dafydd, Android phones are good - but the current hardware that's in UK sucks for them (they're nowhere near as powerful as the iPhone 3GS so you r

Flickr PhotoStream

  • IMG_1672
  • IMG_1671
  • IMG_1670
  • IMG_1669

About

Why North of the Stupid Line? It's quite simple: to signify an individual of subnormal intelligence and general social ignorance. This blog belongs to Rob Wilks (never!) who can be summed up thus: Deaf, married, daddy, happy chappy, smiley, solicitor, Welshman, Cymru.