20th Century
My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Seventeen – Hawkwind
After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop. These are those groups or artists [more…]
History
19th Century
The Wild West Trail, Part Seven
Seventh in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in January 1968 – Jerry F We left Deadwood in the late afternoon and headed West again, [more…]
21st Century
Postcard from Woke Central, Part Two
Part One of this postcard looked at the challenges I faced in making this once-in-a-lifetime trip to Cambridge. Boy, what a lot of fun I had but, despite all the angst, I made it. This [more…]
20th Century
The 19:13 From Gare de Lyon
In a previous edition gleaned from my family’s 1950s road trips album, from the top of the Eiffel Tower we noticed an interesting double-decker bridge carrying both a road and a railway across the River [more…]
20th Century
My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Sixteen – Jimi Hendrix
After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop. These are those groups or artists [more…]
19th Century
The Wild West Trail, Part Six
Sixth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in January 1968 – Jerry F Some few minutes before four o’clock on the afternoon of August [more…]
21st Century
Postcard from Woke Central, Part One
In September this year, I received an invitation to a symposium in Cambridge. This was to be held in December, in celebration of the decades of amazing scientific achievements that my old boss has initiated, [more…]
20th Century
My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Fifteen – The Jam
After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop. These are those groups or artists [more…]
20th Century
Wankdorf Excitment
Berne is the capital of Switzerland and enjoys a modern-day population of about 130,000. The old part of the city is contained within a bend in the river Aare which, along this part of its [more…]