Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Chapter Twenty Eight, Epilogue
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…]
Articles by Going Postal
19th Century
Crimean War, Part Three
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…]
Literature
Build Back Better
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…]
20th Century
Ghosts of Christmas Past
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…]
Conservatives
COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report analysis
The tables below have been taken from the COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report Week 51, which can be downloaded here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports The report states “By 19 December 2021, the overall vaccine uptake in England for dose [more…]
Arts
A Wankpuffin Christmas Carol, 2021
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Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Five
Monday Morning merry readers, it is quite a bit warmer and dry this morning, just as I prefer it. I have been out and about already getting a breath of air to give me an [more…]
20th Century
Joyeux Noël – The Film & The Reality
“What would happen, I wonder, if the armies suddenly and simultaneously went on strike and said some other method must be found of settling the dispute ? ” — Winston Churchill to his wife, Clementine, [more…]
20th Century
‘Twas the Night before Christmas………..53 years ago
Placing the spacecraft in lunar orbit had not been easy. Compounding the difficulty, the engine firing, which would put the spacecraft in the right spot, had to happen while the spacecraft was out of contact [more…]