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20th Century

The Unsinkable Stoker

9th March 2022 Going Postal 0

For many sailing and in particular cruising are enjoyable pastimes, leisurely time spent in remote places, the nature, tranquility, new things to see and do almost every day. For others it’s a different story. and [more…]

20th Century

Nostalgia Album, Part Five

5th March 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Within weeks of the start of the Second World War, a residence survey was taken across the country with the information it provided used to issue identity cards and distribute ration books. On it, we [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Four – Manfred Mann

4th March 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]

20th Century

Postcard from Cyprus, 1996

2nd March 2022 Going Postal 0

By the early 1990s, computing in the Ministry of Defence was moving from huge, multi-million pound machines housed in air-conditioned rooms out into the offices on  minicomputers and personal computers running Windows. It’s hard to [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – February 1942

28th February 2022 well_chuffed 0

January had finished with the Allies on the back foot in Libya, the Axis was advancing. It was all going pear shaped again. Although Tobruk had been relieved, the Axis armour hadn’t been destroyed, merely [more…]

19th Century

Nostalgia Album, Part Four

26th February 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

With there being only 11 years between them both my grandfather, Elihu, and his nephew, John Jr, joined up for the Second War. Last time we looked at my grandfather’s service in the RAOC and [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Three – The Doobie Brothers

25th February 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Three – The Doobie Brothers If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist [more…]

20th Century

The Revolution in Zanzibar

24th February 2022 Zombie Ramboz 0

I had probably already heard of the Zanzibar Revolution, perhaps I had read that Freddy Mercury arrived in the United Kingdom as a result of his family having fled the violence that took place there [more…]

20th Century

Memories of My Early Childhood

23rd February 2022 Going Postal 0

I was born in 1950 and I have very happy memories of my early years. I was lucky I guess. We lived in a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Church End, Finchley with decent sized front, [more…]

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