History

Queen Elizabeth the Great

19th September 2022 Going Postal 0

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, a wife, a mother, an animal lover, a mechanic, a war veteran, a head of many states and our dutiful Queen. Her majesty has so sadly departed on her journey from [more…]

Nostalgia Album, Lourdes

17th September 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Unlike my father, grandparents and daughter, I’ve never been to Lourdes. Given the proliferation of places of worship that have sprung up around the Pyrenean town since the visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to [more…]

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Sixty – ELO

16th September 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

I suspect many of you will know my top legends of pop music. The fabulous ELO. They have never done a song I did not like, be them singles or albums. I often play their [more…]

One Small Step for Man… Brindley and the Trent and Mersey Canal

16th September 2022 SharpieType301 0

In an earlier piece, I mentioned the Trent and Mersey Canal, with its company headquarters in Stone, hinting that its history and the political shenanigans behind its construction might be worth an article in its [more…]

Champagne, a Plan and A Philosopher

15th September 2022 Going Postal 0

On New Year’s Eve 1946, my uncle reviewed his first year at home since the end of the War for the Manchester Evening News. It would seem that at times he was finding it hard [more…]

The Rise and Fall of the Needle Gun 1841-1874

12th September 2022 Tom Pudding 0

The Needle Gun Every once in a while in all fields of engineering there comes along an innovation that so revolutionises the existing technology that it makes long accepted ways of doing things obsolete and [more…]

Meeting The Queen

12th September 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

I have a little anecdote on meeting The Queen. My late father was born in Lewisham, London and was brought up by working class parents in a council estate. After he got demobbed from the [more…]

Nostalgia Album, Admired From Nevers to Carlisle

10th September 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Admired from Nevers to Carlisle As my grandfather’s Ford 8 made its intrepid conquest of the 7,000ft high Pyrenean pass of Col de Tourmalet during the return trip from Gibraltar to Carlisle, we fell upon [more…]