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Joyeux Noël – The Film & The Reality

25th December 2021 Going Postal 0

“What would happen, I wonder, if the armies suddenly and simultaneously went on strike and said some other method must be found of settling the dispute ? ”  — Winston Churchill to his wife, Clementine, [more…]

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‘Twas the Night before Christmas………..53 years ago

24th December 2021 Going Postal 0

Placing the spacecraft in lunar orbit had not been easy. Compounding the difficulty, the engine firing, which would put the spacecraft in the right spot, had to happen while the spacecraft was out of contact [more…]

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The Desert War – December 1941

22nd December 2021 well_chuffed 0

The last month of the year 80 years ago. Still living in infamy the Americans finally got off the pot having spent much of 1941 making preparations for war. The action this month is in [more…]

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Mystery Album, Part Fourteen

18th December 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

On last week’s Mystery Album we surmised our mystery posh mystery family of travelling photographers de-shipped at the dockside in Stockholm sometime after 1925. For those wondering (Postcard from Lille style), are we there yet? [more…]

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My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twenty-Three – The Temptations

17th December 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

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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I Could Have Worked For The BBC

14th December 2021 NeverUpToTheJob 0

I could have worked for the BBC. Yes, I know that sounds preposterous, but actually it’s true! I could have worked for the BBC, and by now would be a retired executive on a very [more…]

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Mystery Album, Part Thirteen

11th December 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

In the previous episode of Mystery Album, we visited Gotland, gateway to the Baltic and Sweden’s largest island, which lies 100 miles south of Stockholm and 225 miles northeast of Malmo. The above near century-old [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twenty-Two – Meatloaf

10th December 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

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

Mystery Album, Part Twelve

4th December 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time on Mystery Album, we enjoyed the briefest of ports of call in Copenhagen. As we turn another century-old Photex Expandable Album page we find ourselves re-visiting the world of steel wheel, steel rail [more…]

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