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Snowdonia Holiday – 1932

19th August 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Snowdonia National Park Snowdonia National Park, known as Eryri in Welsh, is a significant natural region located in northwestern Wales. It is the largest national park in Wales, covering a total of 823 square miles. [more…]

20th Century

G1E5 – Origins of the Motown – The later years Part 1

18th August 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

This is Genre 1, Motown, episode 5. For those of a certain age this will bring back some fond memories and get your foot tapping.  If you are a lot younger, as this is such [more…]

20th Century

South American Journey, Part Four

18th August 2023 Going Postal 0

More writings by uncle, John Alldridge. This time he is reporting from South America in 1960 for the Birmingham Evening Mail – Jerry F Caution: This article contains descriptions which some may find upsetting – [more…]

20th Century

The USA’s gradual slide into WW2

13th August 2023 well_chuffed 0

Conventional wisdom has it that prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour the USA was sitting pretty and ignoring what was going on in the world. To an isolationist American public this was exactly [more…]

20th Century

North Wales Holiday – 1932

12th August 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

In the summer of 1932, my grandfather and his pregnant wife set off in a motorcycle and sidecar for a motoring tour of North Wales. In our last episode we recalled their stop in Liverpool. [more…]

20th Century

G6E3 – Those different ones like what I like (Part 3 of 6)

11th August 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Welcome pop pickers. This is based on stuff like what I like, there will be various bands and artists to try and cheer you up and kick-start your weekend.  Hopefully for many of you, to [more…]

20th Century

South American Journey, Part Three

11th August 2023 Going Postal 0

More writings by uncle, John Alldridge. This time he is reporting from South America in 1960 for the Birmingham Evening Mail – Jerry F Over The Stone Curtain of The Andres Buenos Aires was as [more…]

19th Century

Ancient and Modern (or a Tale of Two Cartridges: 2)

9th August 2023 Tom Pudding 0

In Part One I described the processes involved in reloading the (to me at any rate) ‘modern’ .303 British cartridge, all stages of which can easily be automated. Now let’s look at what is involved [more…]

19th Century

3 Grains of Death The New Opium Wars

8th August 2023 Going Postal 0

We are all aware daily of our ongoing “conflict” with our new chief “adversary” in the world, the Chinese Communist Party. Warnings about the need to increase defense spending to prepare for possible war with [more…]

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