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Month: October 2022

Animals

Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred and Sixty-Four

23rd October 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning folks, another week and it’s definitely getting colder when I went for my constitutional. Mary Elizabeth was in residence last night and I’m warming to her, she talks to me and strokes [more…]

20th Century

Deluge at Lynmouth

22nd October 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Over breakfast on the morning of Friday, August 15th 1952, readers of the letters page of the Ilfracombe Chronicle and North Devon News may have noticed the following correspondence from a Mr Cuthbert Burgoyne of [more…]

Hobbies

Crossword No. 239

22nd October 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 Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Five – Bob Dylan

21st October 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop.  These are those groups or artists [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter Thirteen

21st October 2022 Going Postal 0

The Walsh family made the usual Boxing Day excursion to watch Barnet play, but this year the party had grown as they were joined by Daniel meaning they need two cars. Jinnie drove her official [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

21st October 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 20th October 2022 The Panel: Graham Stewart (Conservative) Jess Phillips (Labour) Tony Danker (CBI) Cornelia Parker (Artist) Camila Cavendish (Journalist) Venue: Cheltenham This is what a coup d’état looks like. The WEF and [more…]

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Stalybridge – Clubs, Pubs And Poets

20th October 2022 Going Postal 0

I’ve never been myself, but I’m prepared to bet that Stalybridge is rather different today from when my uncle described it for the Manchester Evening News in February, 1947 – Jerry F A blizzard was [more…]

Economics

OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Eleven

20th October 2022 Going Postal 0

After watching events over the last week – there is a case of doing away with voting and going straight to red-hot pokers. However, as a better people, we will endure to change the system [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – October 1942

19th October 2022 well_chuffed 0

This month 44% of military cargo and fuel sent to Libya was sunk, this was better than the 33% sunk last month and Churchill later claimed that petrol was especially targeted and 66% of that [more…]

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