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Month: July 2023

17th Century

Eccentric Aristos: Henry Cyril Paget and Henry De La Poer Beresford.

4th July 2023 Going Postal 0

Born in 1875 Henry the eldest son of the 4th Marquess of Anglesey Citation needed here because it was rumoured throughout his life the Marquess was not his real father and that his mother had [more…]

20th Century

Adventure in New Guinea, Part Three

3rd July 2023 Going Postal 0

In 1969, my uncle, John Alldridge visited New Guinea to “observe the attempt to weld a primitive people to a modern society”. This is the third of his reports for the Vancouver Sun. – Jerry [more…]

Arts

In Praise of the Naughty Girls

3rd July 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

The news sent me scurrying to the attic to fumble in the dark with my watawat (behave yourselves). With girls’ football and Wendyball now equivalent in every way, the crafty chaps at association football’s governing [more…]

Fiction

The Diary of a REMF – Part Four

2nd July 2023 Blown Periphery 0

Wednesday 19th February It seemed as though Colonel Nguyen was getting frustrated with National Caveats as well. His Environmental Health Officer, Major Stavros Balaskas was due to go up to the Czech military hospital on [more…]

Arts

WG’s 21st Cruise

2nd July 2023 Going Postal 0

Chapter 1 – Preliminaries I had just returned from a Christmas and New Year cruise when I started thinking about booking the next Christmas cruise, being a single traveller, you need to book early to [more…]

21st Century

Albania, Pirate Ships and a Royal Villa

1st July 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

As further proof that nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, in this week’s edition we diverge from my grandparents’ faded leather-bound family album from the 1940s and 50s and take a look at what [more…]

Biography

Trade Plating Around England, Part Twelve

1st July 2023 Going Postal 0

This time, Security vans, a trip to Rochester and a stranger in my own country. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and [more…]

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