In 1954, as the centenary of the end of the Crimean War approached, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of articles for the Manchester Evening News which vividly described that campaign. In this article, [more…]
Those of you with longer and good memories may remember my article from January 2019 about protests in Hong Kong and titled ‘The whiff of teargas’. After recovering from the said tear gas, I wrote: [more…]
I love wrist watches. My grandfather was a clockmaker, so it’s probably a genetic thing. The family story is that he narrowly avoided execution during WW2 by offering to mend the officers’ watches. (I had [more…]
I’m not at all sure now how we got on to the subject of birds, but I was talking (I can hear her now, ‘To, dear, not with: the Americans get so hopelessly confused about [more…]
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a Christmas GP mug AND keyring. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 200 and a £20 [more…]
Jinnie and her father arrived at the front of the church with her head in turmoil. It was when she saw the best man with a huge smirk on his face she knew that he [more…]
In 1954, as the centenary of the end of the Crimean War approached, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of articles for the Manchester Evening News which vividly described that campaign. In this article, [more…]
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir, I recently had occasion to travel by rail into London which I only do very rarely these days. I found the Terminus much changed from earlier times with [more…]
Post War Britain I loved Christmas as a child: I would guess most of us did, but I am amazed and humbled when I look back at how much was achieved with how little by [more…]
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