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Month: September 2020

20th Century

The History of Pop Music – 1996

11th September 2020 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3270 Comments

  A History of Pop Music – 1996 Firstly, apologies for the rather long delay between these music articles.  Normal service will now be resumed. This is a series of articles looking at pop music [more…]

18th Century

How the 1st Duke of Wellington dealt with civil and other serpents

11th September 2020 Going Postal 3719 Comments

You asked for it, dear Puffins! So here it is: another piece on one of my favourite subjects, the 1st D of W – this time about how he dealt with civil and other serpents. [more…]

America

A Brit Using Handguns in the States

10th September 2020 Going Postal 5989 Comments

My father was trained as a sharp shooter, not quite a sniper but somewhere between that and a regular soldier. Exhibiting better than average shooting accuracy with a strong sense of fieldcraft (as he did) [more…]

19th Century

Holography, Part Four

9th September 2020 Doc Mike Finnley 5304 Comments

Holograph Examples The PFG-01 holographic film that I’ve used in the examples below is ideally suited to making transmission holograms but it can also be used to make reflection holograms. Reflection Holograms One of the [more…]

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20th Century

The Desert War – September 1940

9th September 2020 well_chuffed 2911 Comments

80 years ago this month things started hotting up. The Italians invaded Egypt and there was a fair bit of action at sea. On the 5th 6 Blenheims and 6 Hurricanes arrived in crates at [more…]

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Der Führer Speaks to the Nation

9th September 2020 Going Postal 2738 Comments

Ed. Boris Johnson, ruler by diktat, follower of science – those masks really work you know, decrees arbitrary imprisonment for the English population again, even though no one is dying anymore and the pandemic, if [more…]

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Haymaking

8th September 2020 Going Postal 3987 Comments

When I was a little girl, the end of August was the time when it was back to school, Miss Lillicrap marching up and down the aisles between the desks and hitting the likes of [more…]

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20th Century

Ecclesiastes

8th September 2020 Going Postal 3838 Comments

“Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.” Ecclesiastes- 7:10 When we arrived in London in the early 1960’s, I was put [more…]

20th Century

The Lost Airman – Part One

7th September 2020 Going Postal 2703 Comments

Chelsfield Green, a strip of elevated, sloping grassland running alongside Warren Road from Chelsfield Station to Court Road on the fringe of the Village, has become a popular spot for a ration of daily exercise [more…]

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