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African Regime Gone Bad, Part Eight

31st May 2023 Going Postal 0

While continued attempts to persuade Hutu officials to return, the RPF pressed for its own list of candidates for the posts of bourgmestres to be appointed. At grassroots level, the power-sharing principles of the Arusha [more…]

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Elementary, my dear Watson – Cu Copper

30th May 2023 SharpieType301 0

We’ve already explored the development of the Periodic Table (a.k.a. the Periodic Table of the Elements) and picked up a few bits of basic chemistry information. The elements we have met to date have been: [more…]

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Slow Boats To Africa

30th May 2023 Going Postal 0

Previously, in “The Sore Seated Safari”, we followed one Charles Henry Freeman and some compatriots, on a 1929 road trip from the town of Iringa, in Tanganyika, to Nairobi in Kenya. But what were they [more…]

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The Desert War – May 1943

29th May 2023 well_chuffed 0

With the Axis occupying a smaller and smaller piece of real estate in Tunisia this was the month they would have to surrender, 291,000 of them. There was no way to supply them and no [more…]

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The Flew Alone, Part Four

28th May 2023 Going Postal 0

In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the fourth of his reports. – Jerry F Like most cities, St. John’s, Newfoundland, has [more…]

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A Scottish Tour, Part Two

27th May 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Loch Ailort As we accompany my grandparents (and their caravan) on their 1956 Scottish road tour, we reach Loch Ailort, a west coast sea loch and popular tourist destination. Or do we? The location of [more…]

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G3E2 – Origins of The Singers – The Early days

26th May 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Welcome pop pickers to an ambitious series of articles covering 6 genres, each with 6 episodes. To give a bit of variation, the next episode of each genre will be published 6 weeks after the [more…]

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African Regime Gone Bad, Genocide And Aftermath

24th May 2023 Going Postal 0

In Africa, generally speaking, museums usually are thin on the ground. Underfunded, poorly maintained (if at all), they often present a version of history barely refreshed since colonial times. Rwanda is an exception. Currently it [more…]

20th Century

The Flew Alone, Part Three

21st May 2023 Going Postal 0

In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the third of his reports. – Jerry F When John Alcock was released from his [more…]

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