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Month: January 2022

20th Century

Mystery Album, Part Eighteen

15th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

From Helsinki Central Station, a five-minute walk takes one past the Ateneum and along Ateneuminkuja and Yliopistonatu to Senate Square, at the north end of which and up some steps sits Helsinki Cathedral. Billed as [more…]

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Going Postal Saturday Puzzles Number 203

15th January 2022 Going Postal 0

SOD-YOU-KO Word Search First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a mystery prize! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 202 and a Christmas [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twenty-Seven – The Four Tops

14th January 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Two

14th January 2022 Going Postal 0

When Jinnie got home, she was a little later than normal and Paolo had already started getting an evening meal together. Being an Italian he was making pasta. He had popped in the supermarket on [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

14th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 13th January 2022 The Panel: Simon Hart (Conservative) Jess Phillips (Labour) Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat) Isabel Oakeshott (GBNews) Danny Sriskandarajah (Oxfam) Venue: Shrewsbury If mention of Jess Philips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, [more…]

19th Century

Crimean War, Part Five

13th January 2022 Going Postal 0

In 1954, as the centenary of the end of the Crimean War approached, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of articles for the Manchester Evening News which vividly described that campaign. In this article, [more…]

Arts

Planet Lockdown Film is coming on Jan 15th!

13th January 2022 Going Postal 0

Short Trailer to the international documentary PLANET LOCKDOWN. WHERE ARE WE? Full release in multiple languages January 15th: PlanetLockdownFilm.com Subscribe to the email list for updates on the film and interviews: https://planetlockdownfilm.com/lists/?p=subscribe Watch more full [more…]

Arts

Birth Of The Cruel

12th January 2022 Going Postal 0

Note: This is a personal account of my experiences and opinions of the last few years (and perhaps an introduction of sorts). As such, general statements will refer to my perspective and no inference is [more…]

Hobbies

Agricultural Anoraks Anonymous

12th January 2022 Columba Palumbus 0

Growing up on a farm and later working in agriculture and related industries (on and off at least), ive spent a lot of time in Tractors, combines, telehandlers and other sundry farm machines. I freely [more…]

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