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Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Two young men, in a souped-up old Chevy, travel across the USA, making what money they can by betting on the drag races they enter. Along the way they’re joined by a lost hippie girl, [more…]
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Another Scarborough Sea Battle
Scarborough Castle Scarborough Castle is a significant historical landmark located on the Yorkshire coast. The castle is perched on a rocky promontory, overlooking the North Sea, and has a history that spans nearly 3,000 years. [more…]
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The Muslim Brotherhood, Part Eight
The Septics flounce around having overthrown Saddam Hussein under false pretences, then methodically pillaging the country by the Continuity of Government (COG) ensemble, and despite having circa 200,000 troops (and mercenaries on the ground) were [more…]
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Report From Israel, 1957 – Part Two
In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the second of his reports. – Jerry F Gunfire over Galilee We were sitting on the veranda under that golden guinea [more…]
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Unlikely Battle Honours
Scarborough is a renowned seaside town located in North Yorkshire. It is the most populous town on the Yorkshire coast with a population in the sixty thousands. The town has a rich historical background, with [more…]
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The Muslim Brotherhood, Part Seven
With Charles Lynton playing his alphabet soup word games, the West opted to ignore the religionist/secularist opposition which was slowly eating away in the Muslim world, and chose to concentrate their efforts only on the [more…]
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Next Stop Jungle Junction
Following some confusion regarding a caption mentioning both Southsea and Southampton, your humble reviewer of old photographs realised that the 1949 picture in my grandparents’ family album was of a flying boat called Southsea coming [more…]
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The Muslim Brotherhood, Part Six
The Usual Suspects String Pullers Motivational Greed When the USSR collapsed, the Septics’ “elite” believed an extended period of commerce and prosperity would follow the Cold War. However, a section of the Military Industrial Complex [more…]
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Report From Israel, 1957 – Part One
In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the first of his reports. – Jerry F You can learn a lot about a man in 24 hours. Particularly when [more…]