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Postcard From Summer 1954, Part Four – Morecambe

16th November 2021 Going Postal 0

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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Yorkshire County Cricket Club Bloodbath

15th November 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

On the 14th October 2021, fourteen concerned employees wrote a letter to their bosses. Six days earlier, a summary report into conduct at their workplace had been published. The employees felt it showed them in [more…]

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Mystery Album, Part Nine

13th November 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time on Mystery Album we discovered that our mystery family were enjoying a fishing holiday at the village of Gunnersdale’s Kings Arms hostelry in Swaledale. Given the state of the dry stone walls and [more…]

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My Legends of Pop Music – Part Eighteen –The Kinks

12th November 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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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

12th November 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 11th November 2021 The Panel: Lee Rowley (Conservative) Lucy Powell (Labour) Emma Pinchbeck (CEO of Energy UK) Tom Newton Dunn (Political Commentator) Alastair Campbell (Former Press Secretary) Venue: Hartlepool First question, do you [more…]

20th Century

Postcard From Summer 1954, Part Three – Scarborough

11th November 2021 Going Postal 0

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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Playing in the Band (For Fun), Part 2

10th November 2021 NeverUpToTheJob 0

Something I enjoyed in my younger years was playing music for fun, preferably in a band. Part 1 of this article covered the years 1963 to 1973 (bands 1-6) and told the story of my [more…]

20th Century

Mystery Album, Part Eight

6th November 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

There are pleasures even the most adventurous of lives can deny a gentleman. Despite the tales of derring-do from his previous life more interesting (occasionally mildly exaggerated), there are places your author has rarely visited [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Seventeen – Pussycat

5th November 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Seventeen – Pussycat If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from [more…]

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