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My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twelve – The Monkees

1st October 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

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 the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not [more…]

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Postcard from Zanzibar, April 1955

30th September 2021 Going Postal 0

Another article from the Manchester Evening News by my uncle, John Alldridge, this time from April, 1955   Flying straight through from Nairobi to Zanzibar is like falling out of the first act of an early [more…]

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Regina Quondam, Rex Futurusque

30th September 2021 bobo 0

  Author’s Note: The following was published in February 2018, shortly after it was announced that Her Majesty had recovered from a potentially nasty bout of a seasonal respiratory illness. The collective national response to [more…]

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Mystery Album, Part Two

25th September 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

A mystery photo album has fallen into my hands. One that has raised many questions and set a difficult puzzle. No doubt Puffins can help me solve the enigma. But for the moment, let’s allow [more…]

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My Legends of Pop Music – Part Eleven – The Beach Boys

24th September 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

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 the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not [more…]

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How I Became A Sex Worker

22nd September 2021 bobo 0

In the late Seventies I spent a couple of years in Amsterdam. Whilst I was there, for a time I was employed as a Sex Worker. Right. That got your attention, didn’t it? Oh, don’t [more…]

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Mystery Album, Part One

18th September 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

A mystery album has fallen into my possession presenting a number of fascinating puzzles and thus far unanswered questions. Featuring a family, most certainly of wealth and importance, no captions are written beneath or on [more…]

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My Legends of Pop Music – Part Ten – The Rolling Stones

17th September 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Ten – The Rolling Stones First though:  RIP Charlie Watts. 24 August 2021 If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands.  I [more…]

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Behind the Lines

16th September 2021 Going Postal 0

Recently, there have been several articles on the major engagements in World War II, and it occurred to me that some Puffins might be interested in learning about the behind the scenes support of our [more…]

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