20th Century
’59 Trail, Part Eight
Part 8 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Kulir Lodge, Nonvianuk Lake I am roughing it with the rich. There are about 30 [more…]
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20th Century
West Country Family Holiday Continued
Looe Looe is a charming coastal town and civil parish located in southeast Cornwall. The town is divided into East Looe and West Looe by the River Looe and has a population of 5,314 as [more…]
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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Sampling
Greetings pop pickers and welcome to this week’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday, our weekly look at the rainbow and glitter world of music produced by artistes who are simply fabulous darling. This week we’ll be probing [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 2nd November 2023 The Panel: Jeremy Quin (Conservative) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Marie van der Zyl (Board of Deputies of British Jews) Mustafa Suleyman (AI Entrepreneur) Camilla Cavendish (Financial Times) Venue: Chipping Campden After [more…]
20th Century
’59 Trail, Part Seven
Part 7 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Yellowknife, on the Great Slave Lake I flew the 800 miles from Edmonton to Yellowknife [more…]
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Night and Low Light Photography
This article is in response to a number of questions and requests by posters on here; in particular, how to take a photograph of the Moon and not have the highlights blown out. However, I [more…]
20th Century
Blitz And Rebuilding
Plymouth and the Blitz Plymouth is a city located in the county of Devon. Geographically, it is positioned on the south coast and is approximately 36 miles southwest of Exeter and 193 miles southwest of [more…]
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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Hair Metal
Greetings pop pickers and welcome to this week’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday – our weekly tribute to the rainbow and glitter world of music produced by artistes who are simply fabulous darling. This week we travel [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 26th October 2023 The Panel: Lee Rowley (Conservative) Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) Alyn Smith (SNP) Gabriel Pogrund (Author and journalist) Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (Conservative) Venue: Bradford September 28th’s Question Time from Sale wondered if [more…]