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My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Seven – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

25th March 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 2796 Comments

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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South Pole or Bust

24th March 2022 Going Postal 3279 Comments

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) The special correspondent is a modest chap. He’ll tell you that he’s only a reporter watching [more…]

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Disaster at Munich

21st March 2022 Going Postal 3609 Comments

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) A good reporter must be impersonal. He must write the story as he finds it, without [more…]

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Nostalgia Album, Part Seven

19th March 2022 Always Worth Saying 2947 Comments

Last time on Nostalgia Album we became concerned about Ernestine, my great-aunt by marriage, who at first glance had moved on, relocating to Lancaster, after her husband had been killed in the First War (as [more…]

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My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Six – Otis Redding

18th March 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 2661 Comments

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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What did you do in the war grandad?

17th March 2022 Going Postal 3532 Comments

This is the brief story of my grandad and his part in the war. Here is a picture of George with who we think is his grandmother in the early 1900s. George Gilfoyle was born [more…]

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Postcard From Carlisle

14th March 2022 Always Worth Saying 1974 Comments

When in the vicinity one feels obliged. After all, I am a Carlisle lad. During my previous life more interesting I found myself nearby and could adjust my schedule. If I was shot by an [more…]

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Nostalgia Album, Part Six

12th March 2022 Always Worth Saying 3174 Comments

Last time, we discovered my father’s cousin John Jr gave his life for his country at Bone in Algeria in 1943. In the First War his father, John Sr, died of sickness after being discharged [more…]

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My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Five – Creedence Clearwater Revival

11th March 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3125 Comments

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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