20th Century
Nostalgia Album, Part Nine
At the end of the Second World War, on my father’s side of the family, the generations had passed with both grandparents dying in their sleep at ripe old ages. By VJ Day the cast [more…]
20th Century
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Eight – Squeeze
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Eight – Squeeze 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 [more…]
20th Century
The Innocent on Everest
Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) The special correspondent doesn’t talk about ‘assignments’. He talks about ‘jobs’. His next ‘job’ may send [more…]
20th Century
20th Century
Nostalgia Album, Part Eight
After last week’s Nostalgia Album sadness at hearing great aunt Ernestine lost her husband in the First War, her son in the Second War and spent much of her life in the Lancaster County Mental [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Seven – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
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…]
20th Century
South Pole or Bust
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…]
20th Century
Disaster at Munich
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…]
20th Century
Nostalgia Album, Part Seven
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…]