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A Postcard From India; Road Trip Part 1; Delhi-Jaipur-Karauli

6th December 2022 Colin Cross 0

I don’t know this for a fact, but I’m pretty sure whatever time you might choose to leave the environs of Delhi, unless it’s in the dead of night, the traffic on the main roads [more…]

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The Lancaster Bomber

5th December 2022 GrumpyAngler 0

Most will know about the Lancaster Bomber, that it was designed by Ray Chadwick to carry a huge bomb load a very long way and was probably the best bomber in WWII, certainly the most [more…]

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Rendezvous with Bond at the Palace

3rd December 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

As we head into Switzerland on my father and grandparents’ 1954 Continental road trip, Puffins will be horrified to hear that not only was that year a World Cup year but that the tournament was [more…]

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My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Eleven – Atomic Kitten

2nd December 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

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…]

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The Wild West Trail, Part One

30th November 2022 Going Postal 0

First of a new series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in November 1967 – Jerry F Just 139 years ago, on a powdery ledge of sandstone [more…]

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England Wales Wendyball Preview

29th November 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

The Football Association was formed on 26th October 1863, the Football Association of Wales on 2nd February 1876. One wonders what they got up to in the intervening years as it wasn’t until January 1879 [more…]

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A Motor Through The Alps

26th November 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Here we see caped cyclists rolling downhill from the Brenner pass summit which marks the border between Austria and Italy. The sign to the left, in both English and German, reads ‘Good bye again in [more…]

20th Century

My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Ten – The Clash

25th November 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

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…]

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Mitchell’s Spitfire

23rd November 2022 SharpieType301 0

Earlier this year, we revisited The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Hanley, primarily because we wanted to see the Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire Hoard exhibits once again. Now living only a few miles away, a quiet [more…]

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