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Postcard From Summer 1954, Part Four – Morecambe

16th November 2021 Going Postal 4002 Comments

In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]

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Postcard From Summer 1954, Part Three – Scarborough

11th November 2021 Going Postal 2419 Comments

In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]

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Postcard From Summer 1954, Part Two – Brighton

1st November 2021 Going Postal 2764 Comments

In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]

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Postcard From Summer 1954, Part One – Bournemouth

25th October 2021 Going Postal 3234 Comments

In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]

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More Artwork 2021, Part Two

20th October 2021 Going Postal 3638 Comments

6 months on from my last article, I thought I would write another but this time include information on artists and art I aspire to own, rather than just focus on recent purchases, giving me [more…]

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The Autumn 2021 Competition

17th October 2021 Swiss Bob 2107 Comments

All Articles published from the 25th October until the 26th November will be eligible. Sadly no holidays abroad as prizes again this year. 1st will receive an engraved Dartington Crystal tankard/glass plus a case of [more…]

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Mystery Album, Part Five

16th October 2021 Always Worth Saying 2580 Comments

Last time, our well-travelled Mystery Album photographers took us to South Walsham on a Norfolk Broads wherry holiday. We were left tied up at the present day mooring of Lord Fairford. Since then, the ladies [more…]

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A Holiday in Scotland, Part 3 (Loch Lomond to York )

13th October 2021 Going Postal 3139 Comments

Leaving Loch Lomond, we travelled down the M74 towards Carlisle and eventually on to the M6 where we took the A66 junction near Penrith, crossing the Pennines and headed towards the A1(M).  We arrived in [more…]

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Mystery Album, Part Four

9th October 2021 Always Worth Saying 3009 Comments

Having exhausted the train photographs to the middle of our mystery album, with care we shall turn its century-old leaves to the front. Those locomotive photos were from 1925, therefore the next set of reproductions [more…]

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