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Bird Brains?

2nd January 2022 Going Postal 0

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…]

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Mystery Album , Part Sixteen

1st January 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time on Mystery Album I forgot to tell Puffins that the first Swedish monarch, King Gustav VI Adolph, to be interred at Kungliga Begravningsplatsen and away from Riddarholmen Church (apart from the wayward Christina) [more…]

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Christmas Crossword No. 201

1st January 2022 Going Postal 0

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…]

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My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twenty-Five – Fleetwood Mac

31st December 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Chapter Twenty Eight, Epilogue

31st December 2021 Going Postal 0

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…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

31st December 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 13th September 2001 The Panel: Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrat) Tam Dalyell (Labour) Philip Lader (US Ambassador to London) Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Journalist) Venue: London Following the September 11th 2001 terrorist attack on New York, [more…]

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Crimean War, Part Three

30th December 2021 Going Postal 0

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…]

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Build Back Better

30th December 2021 Going Postal 0

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…]

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Mum’s Crochet Work

29th December 2021 Doc Mike Finnley 0

I’ve posted these images before, but for a bit of Christmas fun I’ve added some titles. Hope that you all have a very merry Christmas and a great new year. Cheers.   © text & [more…]

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