Literature
Coronation Street
Scene: The Rovers Return. The Snug. Sometime in the run up to Christmas 1967. Minnie: Eeeeew, Ena, do wind up your face. I’ve never sin thee looking so mardy in a long while. Ena: I’ll [more…]
Articles by Going Postal
Collecting
Going for Gold – Part 9
As well as buying precious metals for their intrinsic value there are many people who collect coins, bars and other items and pay far more than their value in weight because of a perceived value [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Fourteen
Monday Gosh, it was wet when I woke up, but it’s lovely and sunny now. I hope it stays this way for an afternoon snooze. Bozzie was sniggering at breakfast about being called scum. I [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 191
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book to the value of £20. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 190 and a [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Sixteen
Jinnie drove her Mini into the car park at the university halls of residence and parked in a spot where she now knew the car would be visible from the flat. Looking up at the [more…]
Authoritarianism
Yellow Boards
I received a picture from a cousin in New Zealand regarding the by passing of the rotten media and standing on the side of the road with placards. This seemed such a fantastic idea I [more…]
20th Century
The Road Back to Normandy, Part Two
In May 1954 my uncle John Alldridge returned to Normandy. This is his second report for the Manchester Evening News. From Arromanches to Bayeux is only about seven miles. By car you can be there and [more…]
Arts
In Praise of The Uptick, Part Two
A sizeable number of GPers recently attended SB’s 60th birthday bash and they came and went over three days, some attending the whole bash, some just an afternoon or evening. This convergence of puffins in [more…]
Arts
A Holiday in Scotland, Part 2 (Glasgow, Falkirk, Loch Lomond)
You may recall from Part 1 that we had to rearrange our trip to the Falkirk Wheel due to getting stuck in traffic leaving Edinburgh and after our aborted trip we headed to our next [more…]