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Month: June 2022

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Forty-Six – Rod Stewart

3rd June 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 2024 Comments

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 Twenty-Two

3rd June 2022 Going Postal 1699 Comments

Jinnie finally stumbled into bed at just after midnight, she was shattered not so much from the physical effort of the day but from the emotional effort, she had expended trying to make the restaurant [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – May 1942

3rd June 2022 well_chuffed 2073 Comments

The May of 80 years ago finally saw some desert action in Libya but not until later in the month, all the navies were busy attacking ships and the air forces were attacking everything. Convoys [more…]

20th Century

Press Photographer, Part Two

2nd June 2022 Going Postal 2580 Comments

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) In almost every great news story of recent times Luck has been the deciding factor. You [more…]

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A Post Covid Postcard From Vilnius (It’s War!)

2nd June 2022 Novak and Goode 3479 Comments

Some of you may remember my earlier Postcard from Vilnius Postcard From Vilnius much to my surprise that article is now 2 years old. I reference it only because it still contains much current information [more…]

20th Century

A Family At War, Part Three

1st June 2022 Going Postal 6119 Comments

In memory of those who have crossed the bar Fearless of storm or foe, Guarding the traffic of the east and west, Giving with hearts heroic of their best, The brave mine-sweepers go. Horace Rumsam [more…]

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