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Collapse won’t re-set Society, Part Two

30th November 2023 Going Postal 0

Part One is here. If bureaucracy is resilient, then trade is eternal. Far from being a recent development of modern technology, archeological evidence shows global trade predating the Iron Age. In the 3rd millennium B.C., [more…]

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The Muslim Brotherhood, Part Six

29th November 2023 Going Postal 0

The Usual Suspects String Pullers Motivational Greed When the USSR collapsed, the Septics’ “elite” believed an extended period of commerce and prosperity would follow the Cold War. However, a section of the Military Industrial Complex [more…]

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Report From Israel, 1957 – Part One

28th November 2023 Going Postal 0

In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the first of his reports. – Jerry F You can learn a lot about a man in 24 hours. Particularly when [more…]

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Rievaulx Abbey And Robin Hood’s Bay

25th November 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

My grandparents’ and father’s 1935 summer holiday in Redcar allowed for a day trip opportunity to Rievaulx Abbey which sits about the halfway point in the fifty or so miles that separate the North East [more…]

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The Muslim Brotherhood, Part Five

22nd November 2023 Going Postal 0

Tunisia 2010 The plan for regime change borrowed the model used to remove the Shah of Iran and the return of Imam Khomeini. On 17 December 2010, street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire [more…]

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A View (A Good Few Miles) From The Greenhouse; Cancel Culture….innit?

21st November 2023 Colin Cross 0

The year rolls on, it doesn’t seem two minutes since I was setting the tomato seed and it’s now only five weeks until Christmas Day! Where on earth does all that time go? There’s less [more…]

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’59 Trail, Part Nine

21st November 2023 Going Postal 0

Final part of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Whitehorse, Yukon Territory My problem now was to get out of Alaska and back into [more…]

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The York Cohort

19th November 2023 Blown Periphery 0

In 1953 Harry Martingale an apprentice plumber was working in the cellar of the Treasurers House in York. The building had been acquired by the National Trust in 1930 and it required extensive restorative work. [more…]

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Bright And Breezy

18th November 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Redcar is a northeast of England seaside town located for administrative purposes at times in North Yorkshire and at times in Cleveland. It is renowned for its long sandy beach and seafront esplanade, making it [more…]

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