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Postcard from Way-Els

23rd July 2017 Going Postal 0

Way-Els – The English words “Wales” and “Welsh” derive from the same Germanic root (singular Walh, plural Walha), which was itself derived from the name of the Celtic tribe known to the Romans as Volcae [more…]

16th Century

Postcard from Malta, No 1

13th July 2017 Jonathon Davies 0

The Inquisitor’s Palace (Maltese: Il-Palazz tal-Inkwiżitur, colloquially tal-Inkisitur) is a palace in Birgu, Malta. It was the seat of the Maltese Inquisition from 1574 to 1798, under the name Palazzo del Sant’Officio. The building was [more…]

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Development of the Merlin Engine

11th April 2017 rattuscatchus 0

The Rolls Royce Merlin was a V12, 27 litre engine and originally was a private venture so was financed entirely by Rolls Royce and its backers. Designated the PV12 it followed the Rolls Royce trend [more…]

20th Century

School, and finding a love, of learning

9th March 2017 GrumpyAngler 0

I was an inquisitive child, I wanted to know how, and why. Mum was one of those who thought ‘just because’ was an answer. Dad was much better but worked several jobs so wasn’t around [more…]

20th Century

Off Grid Living, 1945 to 1953

21st February 2017 GrumpyAngler 0

I lived for the first seven years of my life in a hamlet on the western fringe of Salisbury Plain. At about  six hundred and sixty feet above sea level it was a fairly bleak [more…]

20th Century

Foraging for food in the Fifties

11th February 2017 GrumpyAngler 0

I was born in 1945, the war had just ended, the world was a very different place then. As a child food was one of my primary concerns, it was difficult to find enough fuel [more…]

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