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20th Century

Report From Kenya, 1955 – Part One

11th June 2024 Going Postal 0

In 1955, at the height of the Mau Mau Rebellion, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of reports from Kenya for the Birmingham Mail and the Manchester Evening News – Jerry F Tactical Force [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1956

7th June 2024 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Elvis Presley with Hound Dog This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it.  [more…]

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Desert Mysteries, Part Four

5th June 2024 Going Postal 0

The Royal Tank Museum Amman in Jordan is home to one of the best museums of its type in the world, The Royal Tank Museum. A project of the King of Jordan, Abdullah II, the [more…]

20th Century

American Journey 1952, Part Four – Atlanta

4th June 2024 Going Postal 0

On a chill November night in 1864 a small boy lay trembling behind a rock — not a hundred yards from where I am writing this — and watched a city burn. It was the [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mysteries, Part Three

29th May 2024 Going Postal 0

In Part 1, I described how from the signatures on the front cover of a June 1939 edition of “Blackwood’s Magazine” purchased from an antiques fair, I found that the original owner, Edward Davis Moore, [more…]

20th Century

American Journey 1952, Part Three – Washington

28th May 2024 Going Postal 0

John Doe is Asking Awkward Questions The last thing I expected to pick up in this capital city of a great Republic (“the greatest Republic on God’s Footstool,” as I heard a Senator from Illinois [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1955

24th May 2024 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Bill Haley & His Comets with “Rock Around the Clock”. This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 [more…]

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Desert Mysteries, Part Two

22nd May 2024 Going Postal 0

In Part 1, I described how, from the signatures on the front cover of a June 1939 edition of “Blackwood’s Magazine” purchased from an antiques fair, I found that the original owner, Edward Davis Moore, [more…]

20th Century

American Journey 1952, Part Two – Providence

21st May 2024 Going Postal 0

Over the main entrance of Providence City Hall is a bust of one Roger Williams, the founder of this city. You can see another representation of him in Roger Williams Park, where yesterday the youth [more…]

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