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Month: August 2022

20th Century

Nostalgia Album, Conquering The Long Mountain

27th August 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Col d’Aspin Last time on Nostalgia Album the heroic Ford 8, with a hiccup or two, commenced an odd zig-zag route across the Pyrenees as part of my father and grandparent’s 1952 return journey from [more…]

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Crossword No. 233

27th August 2022 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book of your choice (subject to T&Cs) & a mug! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Fifty-Seven – Darts

26th August 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

I do like good old rock ‘n’ roll.  Happy music, singalong, dance, be merry.  Darts seemed to be on ToTP just about every week, so many happy memories. One of those bands that you just [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter Six

26th August 2022 Going Postal 0

The Monday morning after Jinnie’s new restaurant opened she was in her office trying to work out how she could best tell ‘C’ that the American she had been asked to plan the insertion of [more…]

Arts

Towers And Lovers

26th August 2022 Going Postal 0

The train from Cartagena is eleven minutes late arriving into Alicante and almost twenty minutes behind schedule by the time it leaves for Zaragoza. Not that anyone minds, it is the way of the things [more…]

20th Century

All That Was Ended, 15th August 1945

25th August 2022 Going Postal 0

In August 1945 my uncle, John Alldridge, wrote this article commemorating the sixth anniversary of the end of World War II for the Manchester Evening News. He ended with the implication that the memory was [more…]

Economics

OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Four

25th August 2022 Going Postal 0

This section is where I feel all parties fail abysmally. And I see no reason to believe Reform etc would be any different. It is also my only gripe with (far better) writers on GP, [more…]

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Jersey – a Postcard

24th August 2022 Sweaty Dave 0

No, it’s not about trains, in fact there are no railways on Jersey, the horror! Being a pureblood, many holiday destinations (USA, Spain, Cruises) are out of the question at the moment. Not that big [more…]

Economics

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Goals Are Illogical and Harmful

24th August 2022 Patrick Barron 0

Does society really need and can it benefit from goals designed to achieve statistical “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” metrics? The answer, of course, is “no” on both counts; i.e., society neither needs these goals and [more…]

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