History

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Fifteen – Slade

22nd October 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Fifteen – Slade 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…]

Book Review: “We Defended Normandy” by Lt Gen Hans Speidel, 1951

21st October 2021 Going Postal 0

Could War In Europe Have Ended in 1944? Was Montgomery right ? Americans said “No”, now Speidel says “Yes” “We Defended Normandy” by Lt-Gen Hans Speidel (Herbert Jenkins, 12. 6d.), 1951 Book review by [more…]

Mystery Album, Part Five

16th October 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time, our well-travelled Mystery Album photographers took us to South Walsham on a Norfolk Broads wherry holiday. We were left tied up at the present day mooring of Lord Fairford. Since then, the ladies [more…]

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Fourteen – T Rex

15th October 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Fourteen – T.Rex 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…]

The Road Back to Normandy, Part Three

14th October 2021 Going Postal 0

In May 1954 my uncle John Alldridge returned to Normandy. This is his third and final report for the Manchester Evening News. The lines at the end are inspired, I think, by the St. Crispin’s Day speech [more…]

Inflation

12th October 2021 well_chuffed 0

From what this mendacious bunch of miscreants masquerading as a Government have been saying recently it seems that Government spending is out of control They are going to increase taxes massively to pay for the [more…]

Mystery Album, Part Four

9th October 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Having exhausted the train photographs to the middle of our mystery album, with care we shall turn its century-old leaves to the front. Those locomotive photos were from 1925, therefore the next set of reproductions [more…]

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirteen – Rod Stewart

8th 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…]

The Road Back to Normandy, Part Two

7th October 2021 Going Postal 0

In May 1954 my uncle John Alldridge returned to Normandy. This is his second report for the Manchester Evening News. From Arromanches to Bayeux is only about seven miles. By car you can be there and [more…]