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Postcard From West Germany

29th October 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Donaueschingen Strict privacy laws and the German people’s well-practiced challenges to any risk posed to that privacy means that Street View isn’t available in the Federal Republic. Identifying the locations of old photographs, in this [more…]

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Crossword No. 240

29th October 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…]

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My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Six – Led Zeppelin

28th October 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop.  These are those groups or artists [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter Fifteen

28th October 2022 Going Postal 0

Jinnie’s meeting with “C”, and Anne the HR director, had gone exactly as Jinnie had hoped it would. All being well she wanted to work until two weeks before the birth, explaining that as she [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

28th October 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 27th October 2022 The Panel: David Lammy (Labour) Julia Hartley-Brewer (Journalist) Armando Iannucci (Writer) Late arrival: Lucy Frazer (Conservative) Venue: Dulwich Never mind that. It’s my birthday. On the premise that if you [more…]

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OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Twelve

27th October 2022 Going Postal 0

Introduction Debt means many things. You can owe money, or it can be to help out in the future in thanks when next required, for a favour now. Either way you are beholden to someone [more…]

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Film Review: Falling Down

26th October 2022 Going Postal 0

Introduction I recently re-watched the film Falling Down.  I’m sure many Puffins will have watched and enjoyed this film. Upon re-watching it, I asked myself a couple of questions: What were the writers trying to [more…]

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Blaise Hamlet

26th October 2022 Going Postal 0

Blaise Hamlet is a collection of 9 grade I listed cottages situated to the North West of Bristol, near the village of Henbury.  The cottages are all owned by the National Trust (admission to the [more…]

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The Christmas Cake

25th October 2022 Going Postal 0

It’s a somewhat inclement Sunday morning approaching the end of October, the lawn which just a few short weeks ago was dead and brown is now lush and green but under an inch of water [more…]

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