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Month: September 2021

Arts

GB News Review

3rd September 2021 Always Worth Saying 2160 Comments

GB News 2nd September 2021 Present: Rupert Allason (Former Conservative MP) Nigel West (Author) Nigel Farage (Broadcaster) Venue: Pints of View Rupert William Simon Allason, who writes as Nigel West, was born in London in [more…]

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The Secret of the Loch

2nd September 2021 Going Postal 3458 Comments

This is another article by my Uncle, John Alldridge. In addition to writing for the Manchester Evening News, he also wrote many articles for the BBC (back in the 50s and 60s when it was [more…]

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The Great Road Safety Con

2nd September 2021 Godfrey Bloom 3290 Comments

Fifteen years ago I wrote an aide memoire on speed cameras & their futility on road safety, I co-authored it with an old fashioned traffic cop when I was in office. Subsequently  I was asked [more…]

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Moonlighting as a DJ

1st September 2021 Columba Palumbus 3142 Comments

For a large part of my twenties, I lived a double life. By day I worked on the farm or as a tree surgeon, and sometimes even in an office. I would play football and [more…]

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The Royal Ballet School

1st September 2021 Going Postal 3098 Comments

Both Master and Miss Reggie took ballet lessons from an early age (Master Reggie starting at 5 and Miss Reggie at 4).  They showed a talent for dance from an early age and Mrs Reggie [more…]

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