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My Legends of Pop Music – Part Seventeen – Pussycat

5th November 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Seventeen – Pussycat If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from [more…]

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Report From Kenya, March 1955

4th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Two years into the Mau Mau emergency, my uncle John Alldridge reported from Kenya for the Manchester Evening News in March, 1955 – Jerry F.   Tactical Force Headquarters East Africa Command Nyeri, Kenya, Monday [more…]

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The .303 Pattern 1914 – the Best Battle Rifle the British Army Never Had?

2nd November 2021 Tom Pudding 0

Introduction The humiliations suffered by the British Army at the hands of untrained Boer irregulars during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 caused a great deal of concern at the War Office where questions were soon [more…]

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Postcard From Summer 1954, Part Two – Brighton

1st November 2021 Going Postal 0

In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]

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The Desert War – October 1941

1st November 2021 well_chuffed 0

We reach October 80 years ago and it is still fairly quiet on the ground in North Africa but the Royal Navy is still busy. The big news this month is that there is a [more…]

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Mystery Album, Part Seven

30th October 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

In part four of Mystery Album, I speculated that the above photograph (taken by our mystery family aboard the wherry Palace) was of a Norfolk Broads maltings. Judging by the order of the photos, it [more…]

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My Legends of Pop Music – Part Sixteen – 10CC

29th October 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Sixteen – 10cc If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands.  I shall try and link live versions if they exist from [more…]

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Postcard From Summer 1954, Part One – Bournemouth

25th October 2021 Going Postal 0

In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]

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Mystery Album, Part Six

23rd October 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Last week we took an interest in the Merriment, a Norfolk Broads tourist wherry. The year was 1919, the month August. Its passengers were the young grandparents of a Mr Rob Bruce into whose possession [more…]

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