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Samyaza Chapter 20, The Western Desert – October 2006

28th August 2022 Blown Periphery 0

The time passed very quickly and yet it felt slow. It was soon dark outside, and Afarin took the tennis ball and went out into the night. After a fifteen-minute walk she was at the [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Fifty-Six

28th August 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning happy readers. The temperature has dropped overnight, it’s still warm but it is a little cloudy and there is a tiny breeze, now this is Larry weather! It is still peaceful here [more…]

20th Century

Nostalgia Album, Conquering The Long Mountain

27th August 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Col d’Aspin Last time on Nostalgia Album the heroic Ford 8, with a hiccup or two, commenced an odd zig-zag route across the Pyrenees as part of my father and grandparent’s 1952 return journey from [more…]

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Crossword No. 233

27th August 2022 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book of your choice (subject to T&Cs) & a mug! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Fifty-Seven – Darts

26th August 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

I do like good old rock ‘n’ roll.  Happy music, singalong, dance, be merry.  Darts seemed to be on ToTP just about every week, so many happy memories. One of those bands that you just [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter Six

26th August 2022 Going Postal 0

The Monday morning after Jinnie’s new restaurant opened she was in her office trying to work out how she could best tell ‘C’ that the American she had been asked to plan the insertion of [more…]

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Towers And Lovers

26th August 2022 Going Postal 0

The train from Cartagena is eleven minutes late arriving into Alicante and almost twenty minutes behind schedule by the time it leaves for Zaragoza. Not that anyone minds, it is the way of the things [more…]

20th Century

All That Was Ended, 15th August 1945

25th August 2022 Going Postal 0

In August 1945 my uncle, John Alldridge, wrote this article commemorating the sixth anniversary of the end of World War II for the Manchester Evening News. He ended with the implication that the memory was [more…]

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OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Four

25th August 2022 Going Postal 0

This section is where I feel all parties fail abysmally. And I see no reason to believe Reform etc would be any different. It is also my only gripe with (far better) writers on GP, [more…]

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