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Month: September 2023

20th Century

West Country Holiday, 1947

16th September 2023 Always Worth Saying 2161 Comments

1947 In 1947, England was recovering from the devastating impact of World War II, which ended two years prior. The country faced significant economic challenges, including a severe winter in 1947 that caused fuel shortages [more…]

Biography

Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Three

16th September 2023 Going Postal 2499 Comments

Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here This time: Fire alarms, posh houses and the directors. Getting well into my list of service calls [more…]

20th Century

G5E4 – Origins of Rock ‘n’ Roll – The Start of The Later Years

15th September 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 2231 Comments

Welcome pop pickers.  Back to Rock ‘n’ Roll, the start of the later period. This is the sort of music that makes you want to tap your feet, dance, and singalong. Thank you to Wiki, [more…]

Animals

This Sporting Life – Chapter 6

15th September 2023 Going Postal 2460 Comments

Introduction So, my short series of articles on the nags ends where it began, at Doncaster Racecourse.  In the first Chapter, you may recall I set out how my passion for horse racing began on [more…]

Arts

Jinnie’s Story, Book Five – Chapter Twenty-Nine

14th September 2023 Going Postal 1597 Comments

A rather tense Ro parked her second-hand Ford Focus behind a brand new Citroën C3 and walked up the garden path past another C3. She was still looking at the shiny new car on the [more…]

Book Review

‘Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?’ By Chris van Tulleken

14th September 2023 Going Postal 2156 Comments

Ultra-Processed Foods have been getting a lot more press recently and I’d been wanting to know more about the subject beyond the few articles I’d read and this book seemed as good as any.  The [more…]

20th Century

2,4,6,8 Motorway

13th September 2023 Going Postal 2178 Comments

Back when motoring was fun…. Tom Robinson was singing this song about our road network to us back in the Seventies, when he wasn’t sharing his anthemic “Sing if you’re glad to be gay”. That [more…]

21st Century

Colonialist Le Grand Fromage, Part One

13th September 2023 Going Postal 2295 Comments

Le Grand Fromage Lands Although elected under the banner of the Socialist Party (which obviously holds pro “European” views), Hollande attempted to govern in the interest of the “Colonial Party known as French Colonial Union”. [more…]

Culture

A View From The Greenhouse; The Ubiquitous Mission Statement!

12th September 2023 Colin Cross 2189 Comments

I’ve mentioned “Old Jack” and his abandoned (now becoming ramshackle) old house before, on more than one occasion. If it were just about anywhere else in the UK which isn’t a tiny rural hamlet, I’m [more…]

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