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20th Century

Deluge at Lynmouth

22nd October 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Over breakfast on the morning of Friday, August 15th 1952, readers of the letters page of the Ilfracombe Chronicle and North Devon News may have noticed the following correspondence from a Mr Cuthbert Burgoyne of [more…]

20th Century

My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Five – Bob Dylan

21st October 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…]

20th Century

Stalybridge – Clubs, Pubs And Poets

20th October 2022 Going Postal 0

I’ve never been myself, but I’m prepared to bet that Stalybridge is rather different today from when my uncle described it for the Manchester Evening News in February, 1947 – Jerry F A blizzard was [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – October 1942

19th October 2022 well_chuffed 0

This month 44% of military cargo and fuel sent to Libya was sunk, this was better than the 33% sunk last month and Churchill later claimed that petrol was especially targeted and 66% of that [more…]

20th Century

Nostalgia Album, Seine Bridges

15th October 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

As we reach the end of our 1952 Nostalgia Album adventure to Gibraltar and back, my father and his parents remain at the top of the Eiffel Tower gazing at the more distant of the [more…]

20th Century

My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Four – Red Hot Chili Peppers

14th October 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…]

20th Century

Inquest on Aachen

13th October 2022 Going Postal 0

On 27 October, 1944 my uncle John Alldridge reported from Aaachen for the Manchester Evening News. Six days previously, Aachen had become the first German city to be captured by the Western Allies. – Jerry [more…]

17th Century

A Postcard from the IFG Part Two

12th October 2022 SharpieType301 0

International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge, August 2022 In Part One, I just about managed to shoehorn two days of the fantastic Festival. Before I carry on telling you about the rest, a quick gallop though [more…]

20th Century

Nostalgia Album, The Trocadero

8th October 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

On their Nostalgia Album 1952 road trip, my father and his parents have reached the top of the Eiffel Tower en route to Carlisle after visiting Aunty Lil in Gibraltar and taking in the healing [more…]

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